Active clinical trials for "Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders"

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is among the most common psychiatric disorders among adolescents, and is associated with considerable psychosocial and functional impairments and an elevated risk of suicidal behaviour and completed suicide. Meanwhile, sleep disturbance, particularly insomnia, is among the most prevalent and prominent presenting complaints in adolescents with depression. Despite its high prevalence, insomnia often remains overlooked and under-treated in clinical practice. However, growing evidence suggests an intricate relationship between insomnia and depression, which has become an area in need of further focused attention. This project will involve a randomised controlled trial proposed to examine whether insomnia treatment confers additional benefit to depression treatment in adolescents with comorbid depression and insomnia, for improving sleep and depressive symptoms, and other clinical and daytime symptoms as well as overall functional improvement in both the short and long term. Eligible adolescent participants will be randomised to either intervention (8-week group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia, CBT-I, or 8-week group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression, CBT-D) or waiting-list control condition. Assessments will be conducted at pre-treatment (week 0), during the treatment (week 2, 4, 6) and post-treatment (week 8/at the conclusion of the last group session). The two active treatment groups will be additionally followed up at posttreatment one-month and six-month.

The aim of this study is to investigate tasimelteon vs. placebo on sleep in healthy individuals after a phase advance in jet lag type insomnia.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), that is designed to be short, concise and user friendly is compared to applied relaxation techniques as treatment for insomnia comorbid with chronic pain. Both treatments are administered via internet and participants are randomized to ether treatment arm.

An open-label trial to investigate the use of a behavioral insomnia treatment for suicidal ideation.

Exposure to trauma, especially when it manifests as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), results in numerous negative consequences for patients, families, and society. Some of the most frequent, disturbing, and treatment resistant symptoms of PTSD are nightmares and insomnia. This study will examine whether treatments specifically targeted at those sleep disorders can improve clinical outcomes and increase health-related quality of life in individuals recently exposed to war-related trauma. Hypotheses are that treating nightmares and insomnia will improve both nighttime and daytime symptoms of PTSD, as well as quality of life.

Primary: We hypothesize a clinically significant improvement in sleep latency, sleep-onset and total sleep time measures in adults with ADHD when given a trial of Ramelteon compared to placebo. Secondary:We expect that Ramelteon will show statistically significant improvements vs. placebo in measures of daytime sleepiness and with no decrement in daytime functioning, including such specific items as focus and social and occupational functioning.

The purpose of this study is to determine if replacing melatonin function with a melatonin agonist (ramelteon) in individuals that lack endogenous melatonin production (tetraplegia) helps to alleviate self-reported sleep disruption.

Available data suggest that obtaining adequate sleep is associated with a better ability of the body to use carbohydrates as a source of energy and a lower risk of developing diabetes. The sleeping pill, Eszopiclone (Lunesta), has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of people who complain of trouble falling or staying asleep. This study will examine the hypothesis that the use of Eszopiclone (Lunesta) to improve the sleep of people with insomnia may also improve the use of sugar in their body.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate sleep onset following administration of zolpidem tartrate sublingual tablet (Intermezzo) versus placebo in adult insomnia patients.

The purpose of this pilot study is to assess feasibility and patient accessibility in order to design an adequately powered study to compare group cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) to quetiapine in non-demented patients aged 60 years or older with controlled bipolar disorder (I or II) or major depressive disorder who suffer from residual insomnia.