NCT05849181Completed
Localized Body Cooling Technology on Sleep and Metabolism in African, American With Overweight and Obesity
Randomized Double-Blind Pilot Study to Examine the Effects of a Localized Body Cooling Technology on Sleep and Metabolism in African, American With Overweight and Obesity
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Sept 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this study is to see the effect that a cooling pillow pad called Moona has on sleep quality.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 18 (actual)
- First submitted
- 5 Apr 2023
- Start date
- 25 Mar 2024
- Primary completion date
- 12 Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of Chicago
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05849181
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 18
- From 25 Mar 2024 to the primary completion date, 12 Aug 2025
- 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
- Previous diagnosis or reveled during the screening PSG (Polysomnography) of obstructive sleep apnea (AHI≥30) or other sleep disorders based on DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition) criteria.
- Use within the past month of melatonin, psychoactive, hypnotic, stimulant or pain medications (except occasionally)
- Active drug/alcohol dependence or abuse
Other illness
- Diagnosis of diabetes based on history or screening tests
- History of cognitive or other neurological disorders
- History of major psychiatric disorder based on DSM-V criteria
- Presence of unstable or serious medical conditions
- History of bariatric weight loss surgery.
Other
- Shift work
- Caffeine consumption of greater than 500 mg per day
- Medically managed weight loss program within the past 6 months
- Women who are pregnant, plan on becoming pregnant, are breastfeeding,
- Men or women who have a child at home that does not sleep through the night.
Who the study is looking for
- African American men and women
- Aged 21-50 years
- BMI ≥ 27 to 45 kg/m2
- Self-report of short or poor sleepers (\>5 \< 7hrs /night and/or a score \> 5 on the PSQI),
- Sleeping between 22:00 and 08:00.
- Ability to provide informed consent before any trial-related activities
- Controlled hypertension or dyslipidemia.
Age in the registry: 21 years to 50 years · Sex: All · Does not accept 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
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