NCT04783571Active, not recruiting
Effects of Auditory Stimulation on Sleep and Memory in Schizophrenia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The investigators will test the hypothesis that auditory stimulation (playing quiet sounds during sleep) can normalize brain activity during sleep and improve memory in patients with schizophrenia. The investigators will do this by measuring sleep and memory performance under two conditions separated by one week: receiving auditory stimulation during sleep and not receiving auditory stimulation during sleep. The investigators will study healthy subjects and outpatients with schizophrenia.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 70 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 19 Feb 2021
- Start date
- 13 Apr 2020
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Diseases
- Schizophrenia
- NCT number
- NCT04783571
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 70
- From 13 Apr 2020 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Current use of psychotropic medications (healthy controls only)
Other illness
- A history of head injury resulting in prolonged loss of consciousness or other neurological sequelae
- Neurological disorder (including seizure disorder)
- Any unstable chronic medical condition that affects sleep
- Diagnosed sleep disorder
Other
- Pregnant females
- IQ \<85
- Significant hearing or vision loss
- Current substance abuse or dependence (nicotine abuse or dependence is not exclusionary)
Who the study is looking for
- For healthy controls:
- Male and female subjects
- 18-50 years of age
- Proficient in English
- For schizophrenia patients:
- Male and female schizophrenia outpatients
- 18-50 years of age
- Proficient in English
- Able to give informed consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to 50 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
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