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Improving Sleep in Veterans With TBI

NCT03785600 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 77

Last updated 2025-09-22

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Summary

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability in the Veteran population, often resulting in chronic pain and sleep disturbances, among other issues. Extensive rehabilitative efforts are usually required and often prevent return to the workforce and community. Disturbed sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness are among the most pervasive and enduring problems after TBI, which the investigators hypothesize is a significant contributor to these functional impairments and an impediment toward rehabilitation. Thus, this research aims to enhance sleep quality as a means to reduce pain and improve quality of life and functional outcome measures in Veterans with TBI. The investigators predict that the proposed intervention, morning bright light therapy, if found effective, will be cost-effective, rapidly deployable, and highly accepted by Veterans with TBI.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Morning Bright Light Therapy

Morning bright light: Sitting in front of a lightbox for 60 minutes every morning within 90 minutes of waking up.

DEVICE

Negative Ion Generator

Negative ion generator: Sitting in front of a modified negative ion generator for 60 min every morning within 90 minutes of waking up.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Jonathan E Elliott, PhD · VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-01
Primary Completion
2024-07-31
Completion
2024-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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