Treating insomnia to see if heavy drinking changes in adults
Tests insomnia therapy as a way to change drinking in heavy-drinking adults.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- Where
- Columbia, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Sleep as a Mechanism of Change in Alcohol Use
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 256 people, planned
- Started
- 2 Mar 2024
- Expected to end
- 30 May 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
- Record updated
- 14 September 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 drink heavily and also have insomnia. It tests whether better sleep helps people drink less.
- Age
- 18 Years to 49 Years. People aged 50 years or older cannot join.
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- People must report heavy drinking in a typical week in the past month. They must meet DSM-5 criteria for Alcohol Use Disorder. They must also meet DSM-5 and research criteria for Insomnia Disorder.
- Earlier treatment
- People already getting talk-based (behavioral) treatment for insomnia or alcohol use cannot join.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Mania or seizure disorder, which rule out CBT-I
- Moderate to severe sleep apnea (breathing stops during sleep) that is not treated
- Symptoms that need urgent care, such as psychosis or a suicide plan
- Not able to give informed consent
- Already getting behavioral treatment for insomnia or alcohol use
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- report heavy drinking in a typical week in the past month
- meet DSM-5 criteria for Alcohol Use Disorder
- meet DSM-5 and research diagnostic criteria for Insomnia Disorder
Who cannot take part
- are already receiving behavioral treatment for insomnia or alcohol use
- report contraindications for CBT-I (mania or seizure disorder)
- ≥50 years
- unable to provide informed consent
- moderate to severe sleep apnea that is untreated
- have symptoms requiring immediate clinical attention (e.g., psychosis, suicide plan)
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 18 and 49 years old?
Where in United States
- University of Missouri - ColumbiaColumbia, United StatesContact: Mary Beth Miller, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This project aims to evaluate improvement of insomnia as a mechanism of improvement in alcohol use outcomes.
The 2 groups in the trial
- CBT-ITreatment being tested
Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) delivered once a week for five (5) weeks.
Treatment: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
- Waitlist controlNo study treatment, for comparison
Control participants will receive CBT-I at the end of the study.
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
- Sleep as a Mechanism of Change in Alcohol Use Outcomes Among Heavy-Drinking Adults
- Plain-language title
- Treating insomnia to see if heavy drinking changes in adultsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06286774, who can take part
- Record updated
- 14 September 2026