Bright light exposure for broken sleep in older adults with mild cognitive impairment
Tests timed bright light for disrupted sleep in older people with mild cognitive impairment.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Stanford University
- Where
- Redwood City, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Light and Sleep Fragmentation
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 4
- People taking part
- 120 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Jun 2026
- Expected to end
- 30 May 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Light therapy
- Record updated
- 25 August 2023
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 older adults with mild cognitive impairment (mild memory and thinking problems). It tests daily bright light exposure to help reduce broken-up sleep.
- Age
- Older than 65 (listed as 65 Years to 99 Years)
- Sex
- All
- Disease stage
- Mild cognitive impairment
Main reasons for not taking part
- Severe depression
- Unstable psychiatric or medical disease
- Acute infection
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Age >65
Who cannot take part
- Unstable psychiatric or medical disease
- Acute infection
- Severe depression
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 65 and 99 years old?
Where in United States
- Stanford UniversityRedwood City, United StatesContact: Renske Lok, PhDNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This trial will examine scheduled exposure to bright light in the morning and afternoon as a countermeasure to sleep fragmentation in older individuals with mild cognitive impairment.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Standard of careExisting treatment, for comparison
One hour of daily bright light exposure beginning one hour after wake time.
Treatment: Light therapy
- Stepped careTreatment being tested
One hour of daily bright light exposure in the afternoon
Treatment: Light therapy
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
- Application of Precision Medicine to Phototherapy: a Stepped Care Approach to Consolidate Sleep and Slow Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
- Plain-language title
- Bright light exposure for broken sleep in older adults with mild cognitive impairmentGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 15 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06009289, who can take part
- Record updated
- 25 August 2023