Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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PostTraumatic Stress Disorder Sleep Disorder Stress Disorder Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders Combat Disorders Nightmares Associated With Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Nightmare Nightmares, REM-Sleep Type | Device: NightWare Therapeutic System Device: NightWare Therapeutic System in Sham Mode | Not Applicable |
Nightmares are a common problem affecting 2-8% of the general population and a higher proportion of clinical populations. The negative consequences of untreated nightmares are significant and include impaired quality of life, sleep deprivation (often resulting in an increased intensity of nightmares), insomnia, daytime sleepiness, and fatigue. Untreated nightmares can also exacerbate the symptoms of underlying psychological dysfunction in people with depression and anxiety, leading to poor occupational and or social functioning. Nightmares can be idiopathic or associated with the use (or withdrawal) of certain medications or substances or associated with disorders including PTSD.
NightWare (Minneapolis, MN) has developed a novel approach to the treatment of nightmares. Through the use of a smartwatch-based application that senses physiologic parameters, the participant is aroused from sleep (without awakening the participant) so that the nightmare is interrupted prior to reaching a threshold of severity in which the participant would awaken in distress. Seconds later the participant returns to sleep without having experienced a nightmare. This approach avoids risk from pharmacological treatment, avoids exacerbation of symptoms from image rehearsal therapy and allows for a simple method with easily achieved adherence compared to existing treatments.
The NightWare digital therapeutic system consists of a proprietary software application installed on a smartwatch. The application has been effective in focus groups when used on both Apple smartwatches and Motorola smartwatches. For the purposes of this study, the investigators will be using only the Apple (Cupertino, CA) 3rd generation smartwatch and the Apple iPhone. The NightWare application uses physiological markers obtained via the smartwatch to determine by proprietary algorithm whether a participant is in the early stages of a nightmare, but has not yet awoken in distress. As directed by the algorithm, the smartwatch then applies varying degrees of vibratory stimulation to the wrist over variable lengths of time with the intention of arousing the participant from sleep without eliciting an awakening.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 400 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Remote Randomized Double-Blind Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial of NightWare in Adults With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Co-Morbid Nightmare Disorder |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 21, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | May 15, 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | May 15, 2022 |
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Experimental: Active Treatment Arm
Intervention with the NightWare Therapeutic System every night.
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Device: NightWare Therapeutic System
A wearable digital therapeutic system that will measure physiologic data when worn during sleep to deliver a mild vibration via the watch to elicit arousal thereby disrupting nightmares. This detection and stimulation sequence will be performed according to NightWare's proprietary algorithm.
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Sham Comparator: Sham Arm
NightWare Therapeutic System every night with interventions not-enabled.
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Device: NightWare Therapeutic System in Sham Mode
A wearable digital therapeutic system that will measure physiologic data when worn during sleep that does not deliver interventions.
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
United States, New York | |
RationalPsych | |
Bronx, New York, United States, 10461 |
Principal Investigator: | Daniel R Karlin, MD MA | RationalPsych |
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First Submitted Date ICMJE | April 29, 2019 | ||||||||
First Posted Date ICMJE | May 2, 2019 | ||||||||
Last Update Posted Date | September 11, 2020 | ||||||||
Actual Study Start Date ICMJE | May 21, 2019 | ||||||||
Estimated Primary Completion Date | May 15, 2021 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||||||
Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE |
Change in global score on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) from Day 0 to each subsequent 28 day evaluation period [ Time Frame: 0-730 days ] The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is a self-rated questionnaire which assesses sleep quality and disturbances over a 1-month time interval. Nineteen individual items generate seven "component" scores: subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medication, and daytime dysfunction. The sum of scores for these seven components yields one global score. In scoring the PSQI, seven component scores are derived, each scored 0 (no difficulty) to 3 (severe difficulty). The component scores are summed to produce a global score (range 0 to 21). Higher scores indicate worse sleep quality. This outcome is the difference between the global score on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score at baseline (Day 0) and average global PSQI score across the post-treatment initiation assessments (Days 14, 28 and every 28 days after that).
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Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Same as current | ||||||||
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Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||||||
Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||||||
Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||||||
Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||||||
Descriptive Information | |||||||||
Brief Title ICMJE | Remote Study of NightWare for PTSD With Nightmares | ||||||||
Official Title ICMJE | A Remote Randomized Double-Blind Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial of NightWare in Adults With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Co-Morbid Nightmare Disorder | ||||||||
Brief Summary | This study will provide measures of safety and efficacy of the NightWare digital therapeutic system (iPhone + Apple watch + proprietary application) for the treatment of nightmare disorder associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-related sleep disturbance and the impact of improved sleep with the NightWare digital therapeutic system. The investigators hypothesize that the NightWare digital therapeutic system will significantly improve sleep quality in participants with PTSD-Related nightmares and poor sleep quality. | ||||||||
Detailed Description |
Nightmares are a common problem affecting 2-8% of the general population and a higher proportion of clinical populations. The negative consequences of untreated nightmares are significant and include impaired quality of life, sleep deprivation (often resulting in an increased intensity of nightmares), insomnia, daytime sleepiness, and fatigue. Untreated nightmares can also exacerbate the symptoms of underlying psychological dysfunction in people with depression and anxiety, leading to poor occupational and or social functioning. Nightmares can be idiopathic or associated with the use (or withdrawal) of certain medications or substances or associated with disorders including PTSD. NightWare (Minneapolis, MN) has developed a novel approach to the treatment of nightmares. Through the use of a smartwatch-based application that senses physiologic parameters, the participant is aroused from sleep (without awakening the participant) so that the nightmare is interrupted prior to reaching a threshold of severity in which the participant would awaken in distress. Seconds later the participant returns to sleep without having experienced a nightmare. This approach avoids risk from pharmacological treatment, avoids exacerbation of symptoms from image rehearsal therapy and allows for a simple method with easily achieved adherence compared to existing treatments. The NightWare digital therapeutic system consists of a proprietary software application installed on a smartwatch. The application has been effective in focus groups when used on both Apple smartwatches and Motorola smartwatches. For the purposes of this study, the investigators will be using only the Apple (Cupertino, CA) 3rd generation smartwatch and the Apple iPhone. The NightWare application uses physiological markers obtained via the smartwatch to determine by proprietary algorithm whether a participant is in the early stages of a nightmare, but has not yet awoken in distress. As directed by the algorithm, the smartwatch then applies varying degrees of vibratory stimulation to the wrist over variable lengths of time with the intention of arousing the participant from sleep without eliciting an awakening. |
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Study Type ICMJE | Interventional | ||||||||
Study Phase ICMJE | Not Applicable | ||||||||
Study Design ICMJE | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
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Publications * | Not Provided | ||||||||
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline. |
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Recruitment Status ICMJE | Enrolling by invitation | ||||||||
Estimated Enrollment ICMJE |
400 | ||||||||
Original Estimated Enrollment ICMJE | Same as current | ||||||||
Estimated Study Completion Date ICMJE | May 15, 2022 | ||||||||
Estimated Primary Completion Date | May 15, 2021 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||||||
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Ages ICMJE | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) | ||||||||
Accepts Healthy Volunteers ICMJE | No | ||||||||
Contacts ICMJE | Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects | ||||||||
Listed Location Countries ICMJE | United States | ||||||||
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NCT Number ICMJE | NCT03934658 | ||||||||
Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE | NW101004 | ||||||||
Has Data Monitoring Committee | No | ||||||||
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Responsible Party | NightWare | ||||||||
Study Sponsor ICMJE | NightWare | ||||||||
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PRS Account | NightWare | ||||||||
Verification Date | September 2020 | ||||||||
ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP |