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Sleep and Emotion Processing in Adolescent Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

NCT06341413 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2026-01-13

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to characterize the role of sleep, emotion processing, and daily affect in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and whether improving sleep quality using slow wave activity enhancement will impact next-day affect in youth.

Participants will attend 4 study visits:

* A clinical and trauma assessment visit
* A testing day that may include cognitive testing, surveys, and an MRI.
* An overnight sleep study following one week of at-home sleep recordings with the device in the sham condition
* An overnight sleep study following one week of at-home sleep recordings with the device in the sleep enhancement condition

Conditions

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

DEVICE

SmartSleep device

Device worn during sleep

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephanie Jones, MD, PhD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-16
Primary Completion
2028-10-01
Completion
2028-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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