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Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia in Aging

NCT00280020 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 123

Last updated 2012-07-11

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether Tai Chi Chih vs. cognitive behavioral therapy vs. sleep education reduces insomnia in older adults. The secondary goal of the study is to determine whether the behavioral treatment of insomnia alters proinflammatory cytokine activity.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi Chih (TCC)

Participants will learn and practice 20 movements in 1 hour sessions twice per week for 16 weeks

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

For each 2-hour session held once a week for 16 weeks, the CBT treatment manual will outline objectives, patient skills, and treatment activities. Therapists will direct role-playing and other skill-development exercises that will be designed to increase patients' self-efficacy in managing their insomnia. Homework assignments will be planned weekly to ensure practice and skill application.

BEHAVIORAL

Sleep Seminar (SS)

Each 2-hour session, held once a week for 16 weeks, consists of a 60-minute video presentation followed by a 60-minute question-and-answer discussion.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Michael R. Irwin, MD · Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2011-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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