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Sleep and Arterial Function in Hypertensive Patients With Poor Sleep Quality (SLEEP-ARTerY)

24 de agosto de 2026 actualizado por: Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Ave, EPE

Impact of Sleep on Arterial Function, Psychological and Cognitive Complaints in Hypertensive Patients With Poor Sleep Quality

This prospective, parallel-group randomised controlled trial evaluates whether cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) improves arterial function and psychological and cognitive outcomes in hypertensive patients with poor sleep quality. Adults aged 18-70 with controlled hypertension and poor baseline sleep quality (sleep efficiency <=85%) are randomised 1:1 to CBT-I (four weekly 60-minute sessions) or passive sleep education. The primary outcomes are change from baseline in pulse wave velocity and central arterial pressure at 12 months. Secondary outcomes include blood pressure, depressive symptoms, perceived stress, cognitive complaints, and sleep quality, assessed at baseline, 1, 6, and 12 months.

Descripción general del estudio

Estado

Reclutamiento

Condiciones

Intervención / Tratamiento

Descripción detallada

Background: Poor sleep quality is associated with increased arterial stiffness, depression, and cognitive decline, all of which contribute to cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients. This trial tests whether improving sleep through CBT-I can attenuate arterial dysfunction and psychological/cognitive burden.

Design: Prospective, single-centre, parallel-group randomised controlled trial with 1:1 allocation, conducted at the Hypertension and Psychiatry Outpatient Clinics of the Unidade Local de Saude Alto Ave (ULSAAVE).

Intervention: CBT-I delivered in four weekly 60-minute sessions (sleep hygiene, stimulus control, relaxation techniques), adapted for participants with mild obstructive sleep apnea or comorbid insomnia and sleep apnea (COMISA).

Comparator: Passive sleep education (informational leaflets plus non-interactive follow-up calls); control participants are offered CBT-I after study completion.

Randomisation and blinding: Computer-generated block randomisation (blocks of 4-6), 1:1 allocation, with allocation concealment via sequentially numbered, opaque, sealed envelopes managed by a third party. Outcome assessors and data analysts are blinded; participants are partially blinded (control presented as an educational intervention).

Sample size: 234 participants (117 per group), accounting for 20% attrition, powered (80%, alpha 0.05) to detect a 0.4 m/s between-group difference in pulse wave velocity at 12 months.

Analysis: Linear mixed-effects models for repeated measures (time as fixed effect, participant as random effect, group as factor), with baseline apnea-hypopnea index included as a covariate.

Tipo de estudio

Intervencionista

Inscripción (Estimado)

234

Fase

  • No aplica

Contactos y Ubicaciones

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Estudio Contacto

Ubicaciones de estudio

  • Portugal
    • Braga District
      • Guimarães, Braga District, Portugal, 4835-044
        • Reclutamiento
        • Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Ave - Hospital Senhora da Oliveira
        • Contacto:
        • Contacto:
        • Investigador principal:
          • Sofia Gomes
        • Sub-Investigador:
          • Ana Daniela Ferreira

Criterios de participación

Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.

Criterio de elegibilidad

Edades elegibles para estudiar

  • Adulto
  • Adulto Mayor

Acepta Voluntarios Saludables

No

Descripción

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adults aged 18 to 70 years
  • Controlled hypertension
  • Poor baseline sleep quality (sleep efficiency <=85% assessed via actigraphy or type II polysomnography)
  • Capable of providing informed consent
  • Participants with mild obstructive sleep apnea (apnea-hypopnea index 5-14.9/h on type II polysomnography) who do not meet criteria for CPAP/PAP therapy are eligible

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Severe cardiovascular disease (e.g., acute myocardial infarction or stroke)
  • Severe neurological diseases
  • Moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (AHI >=15/h) or any obstructive sleep apnea with an indication for CPAP/PAP therapy
  • Central disorders of hypersomnolence
  • Intellectual disability
  • Pregnancy

Plan de estudios

Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.

¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?

Detalles de diseño

  • Propósito principal: Tratamiento
  • Asignación: Aleatorizado
  • Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
  • Enmascaramiento: Doble

Armas e Intervenciones

Grupo de participantes/brazo
Intervención / Tratamiento
Experimental: CBT-I
Cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia: four weekly 60-minute sessions covering sleep hygiene, stimulus control, and relaxation techniques, adapted for participants with mild obstructive sleep apnea or COMISA.
Conductual: Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
Cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia delivered in four weekly 60-minute sessions, incorporating sleep hygiene, stimulus control, and relaxation techniques. Based on baseline polysomnography, the protocol is adapted for participants without obstructive sleep apnea, with mild obstructive sleep apnea, or with comorbid insomnia and mild sleep apnea (COMISA).
Comparador activo: Passive sleep education
Informational leaflets plus non-interactive follow-up calls. Control participants are offered CBT-I after study completion.
Conductual: Passive sleep education
Passive sleep education consisting of informational leaflets plus non-interactive follow-up calls. Participants in this control condition are offered access to CBT-I after study completion.

¿Qué mide el estudio?

Medidas de resultado primarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Change from baseline in pulse wave velocity (PWV)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (m/s), a marker of arterial stiffness.
Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in central arterial pressure (CAP)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in central arterial pressure (mmHg).
Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months

Medidas de resultado secundarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Change from baseline in blood pressure
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in systolic and diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in body weight
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in body weight (kg).
Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in body mass index (BMI)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in body mass index (kg/m^2).
Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in depressive symptoms (MADRS)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in depressive symptoms measured by the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). Scores range from 0 to 60, with higher scores indicating more severe depression.
Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in depressive symptoms (PHQ-9)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in depressive symptoms measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Scores range from 0 to 27, with higher scores indicating more severe depression.
Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in perceived stress (PSS)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in perceived stress measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Higher scores indicate greater perceived stress.
Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in cognitive function (MoCA)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in cognitive function measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Scores range from 0 to 30, with lower scores indicating greater cognitive impairment.
Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in sleep quality (PSQI)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in sleep quality measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Scores range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating worse sleep quality.
Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in sleep efficiency
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months
Change from baseline in sleep efficiency (%) assessed via actigraphy or type II polysomnography.
Baseline, 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months

Colaboradores e Investigadores

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Patrocinador

Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Ave, EPE

Investigadores

  • Investigador principal: Sofia Gomes, MD, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Ave
  • Director de estudio: Pedro Cunha, PhD, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Ave

Fechas de registro del estudio

Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados ​​por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.

Fechas importantes del estudio

Inicio del estudio (Actual)

18 de mayo de 2026

Finalización primaria (Estimado)

1 de diciembre de 2029

Finalización del estudio (Estimado)

1 de marzo de 2030

Fechas de registro del estudio

Enviado por primera vez

24 de agosto de 2026

Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

24 de agosto de 2026

Publicado por primera vez (Actual)

27 de agosto de 2026

Actualizaciones de registros de estudio

Última actualización publicada (Actual)

27 de agosto de 2026

Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

24 de agosto de 2026

Última verificación

1 de agosto de 2026

Más información

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Otros números de identificación del estudio

  • CIC20260049 - CAIDIS (Otro identificador: ULSAAVE Ethics Committee)

Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)

¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?

INDECISO

Descripción del plan IPD

A data-sharing plan has not yet been established. Decisions regarding whether and how individual participant data will be shared will be made by the sponsor and investigators, in accordance with institutional policies, ethics committee requirements, and applicable data protection regulations (GDPR). The record will be updated once a decision has been made.

Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio

Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

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