Online Therapy Tested for Sleep Problems in Teens With Autism
Tests online cognitive behaviour therapy for sleep problems in teenagers with autism.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Stockholm University
- Where
- Stockholm, SwedenSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Sleep Problems in ASD
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 240 people, planned
- Started
- 15 Jan 2025
- Expected to end
- 30 Dec 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Internet-based CBT-I
- Internet-based psychoeducation
- Record updated
- 29 November 2024
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for teenagers with autism and sleep problems or insomnia. It tests internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).
- Age
- 13 to 17 years
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- Clinical autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis (DSM-5), checked with the ADOS. Insomnia or sleep problems (DSM-5). IQ above 70 (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, fourth edition). Anxiety disorder or depression (DSM-5) is also listed.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Clinically assessed self-injury
- High risk of suicidal behaviour
- Borderline personality disorder, or any form of schizophrenia or related disorders
- Substance abuse
- A physical illness or condition that largely influences sleep
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Adolescents with a clinical ASD diagnosis based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-fifth edition (DSM-5). Participants have been investigated with the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)
- Insomnia diagnosis or sleep problems according to DSM-5
- Intelligence quotient (IQ) > 70 according to Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - fourth edition
- Psychiatric comorbidities according to DSM-5: anxiety disorders or depression
Who cannot take part
- borderline personality disorder or any form of schizophrenia or related disorders
- substance abuse as well as physical illness or condition that was largely influence sleep condition
- The presence of clinically assessed self-injury
- High risk of suicidal behaviour
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 13 and 17 years old?
Where in Sweden
- Nora Choque OlssonStockholm, SwedenContact: Nora Choque Olsson, PhDNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This trial investigates the behavioural effects of Internet-based Cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder with sleep problems. This is a randomised controlled trial.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Internet-based CBT-ITreatment being tested
N= 120 participants are offered Internet-based Cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)
- Internet-based psychoeducationExisting treatment, for comparison
N= 120 participants are offered Internet-based psychoeducation about sleep problems in ASD.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Sleep Problems in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Plain-language title
- Online Therapy Tested for Sleep Problems in Teens With AutismGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT03624400, who can take part
- Record updated
- 29 November 2024