Digital Sleep Therapy for Sleep Problems After Stroke
Tests digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in adults recovering from stroke.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Oxford
- Where
- Oxford, United KingdomSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Improving Sleep and Learning in Rehabilitation After Stroke, Part 2
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 100 people, planned
- Started
- 13 Sept 2022
- Expected to end
- Dec 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Digital Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia
- Record updated
- 10 August 2026
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 adults who had a stroke affecting an arm or hand and are home from hospital. It tests whether an online sleep programme (Sleepio) improves sleep.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All
- Disease stage
- Stroke affecting the upper limb, with enough movement to do the motor learning task. Already discharged from inpatient care.
- Earlier treatment
- Cannot have had psychological therapy for insomnia in the past 12 months.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Another neurological condition affecting movement (for example Parkinson's Disease or Multiple Sclerosis)
- A diagnosed sleep disorder that is not treated (for example Sleep Apnea)
- Uncontrolled seizures
- A planned inpatient stay in the next 4 months that would affect using the Sleepio programme
- Pregnancy
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study
- Aged 18 years or above
- Clinical diagnosis of stroke affecting the upper limb, with sufficient movement to perform the motor learning task
- Discharged from inpatient care
- Interest in accessing a programme with the aim of improving sleep quality
- Reliable access to the internet
Who cannot take part
- Engagement in psychological therapy for insomnia in the past 12 months
- Other neurological condition affecting movement (e.g. Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis)
- Diagnosed, untreated, sleep disorder (e.g. Sleep Apnea)
- Uncontrolled seizures
- Planned inpatient admission (e.g. for rehabilitation) in the next 4 months that would impact ability to engage with the Sleepio programme
- Pregnancy
Where in United Kingdom
- University of OxfordOxford, United KingdomContact: Barbara RobinsonTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study will explore whether sleep in stroke survivors is improved with digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (Sleepio), in comparison to treatment as usual, and will explore whether changes in sleep relate to changes in overnight consolidation of motor learning.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Behavioural: Digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomniaTreatment being tested
6-10 weeks of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (Sleepio) delivered online.
Treatment: Digital Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia
- Treatment as usualNo study treatment, for comparison
Participants will receive treatment as usual.
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
- Improving Sleep and Learning in Rehabilitation After Stroke, Part 2
- Plain-language title
- Digital Sleep Therapy for Sleep Problems After StrokeGenerated 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.
- Record updated
- 10 August 2026