NCT06807086Recruiting
Efficacy of Synchronous, Virtual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Across Phases of Cancer Survivorship
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This project is a single center, prospective randomized controlled trial (N=198) primarily evaluating the efficacy of the Survivorship Sleep Program vs. Enhanced Usual Care on insomnia severity among cancer survivors. The investigators will also examine secondary outcomes associated with cancer-related insomnia including subjective and objective sleep measures (i.e., sleep diaries, actigraphy), emotional distress, fatigue, and use of sleep medications. Notably, most CBT-I trials with cancer survivors who have completed primary treatment with curative intent (i.e., curvivors) but not those in treatment or living with metastatic cancer (i.e., metavivors). To enhance generalizability, this RCT will stratify enrollment by survivorship phase (1:1:1). This project in strengthened by partnerships with community organizations (SurvivorJourneys and Ellie Fund) and use of both quantitative (i.e., surveys, actigraphy) and qualitative methods (i.e., interviews) to inform considerations for future implementation. Collectively, the proposed project will yield multiple deliverables to innovate cancer survivorship care, namely an efficacious, virtually delivered intervention addressing chronic insomnia, one of the most deleterious concerns among the growing population of cancer survivors in the US. Findings will inform a future effectiveness trial and the expansion of the synchronous delivery of CBT-I to survivors across different phases of cancer survivorship.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 198 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 27 Jan 2025
- Start date
- 1 Jan 2025
- Primary completion date
- 31 Jan 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Diseases
- Childhood cancers
- NCT number
- NCT06807086
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 198
- From 1 Jan 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Jan 2028
- 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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Other illness
- Undertreated non-insomnia sleep disorder (e.g., sleep apnea)
- Undertreated epilepsy, undertreated serious mental illness, undertreated suicidality, and/or psychiatric hospitalization in the past year
Other
- Self-reported inability to speak and write in English
- Unwilling or unable to discontinue night shift work
Who the study is looking for
- Cancer survivor, defined as:
- (A) history of nonmetastatic, localized or regional, solid or blood malignancy(ies) and completion of primary cancer treatment (i.e., radiation, surgery, and/or chemotherapy). Use of hormonal, maintenance, oral, and immunotherapies is permitted; or
- (B) history of nonmetastatic, localized or regional, solid or blood malignancy(ies) and current primary cancer treatment (i.e., radiation, surgery, and/or chemotherapy); Use of hormonal, maintenance, oral, and immunotherapies is permitted; or
- (C) history of metastatic sold or blood malignancy (ies) taking hormonal, maintenance, oral, or immunotherapies to prevent further disease progression.
- Chronic insomnia (DSM-5 criteria)
- Age 18 years or older
Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
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