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Extended Bedtime for Adolescent Sleep Issues

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Recruiting

Led By Andrea Spaeth, Ph.D

Research Sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up the questionnaire will take approximately 5-10 minutes.

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Study Summary

This trial will see if increasing time in bed to 10 hrs is feasible & acceptable for 14-17 yo's by comparing them to a control group.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adolescents aged 14-17 with a typical sleep duration of about 7 hours per night on school nights. They must have a BMI within certain limits and be willing to wear two devices to track sleep and activity. The primary caretaker must be at home during bed/wake times.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests if asking teens to spend 10 hours in bed each night for a week is doable and what they think about it. Participants will either continue their usual routine or extend their time in bed, while wearing tracking devices and keeping sleep diaries.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

There are no direct side effects from the intervention itself as it involves only extending time spent in bed. However, participants may experience changes in daytime alertness or mood due to alterations in their sleep patterns.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ the questionnaire will take approximately 5-10 minutes.

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~the questionnaire will take approximately 5-10 minutes.

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and the questionnaire will take approximately 5-10 minutes. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary outcome measures

Feasibility and Acceptability of Increasing Time in Bed to 10 hours per Night in Adolescents

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: 10-hour Time in Bed GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

This group will partake in the intervention of increasing time in bed to 10 hours per night. Participants will wear a hip physical activity monitor and a wrist actigraph to measure sleep.

Group II: Normal Sleep Condition GroupActive Control1 Intervention

This group will not partake in the intervention, they will sleep the normal amount that they do on a regular basis. Participants will wear a hip physical activity monitor and a wrist actigraph to measure sleep.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyLead Sponsor

429 Previous Clinical Trials

64,202 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Sleep

62 Patients Enrolled for Sleep

Andrea Spaeth, Ph.DPrincipal InvestigatorAssociate Professor, Lab Director

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are persons of septuagenarian age being included in the research?

"To qualify for this clinical trial, candidates must fall within the age range of 14 to 17. Subsequently, there are 30 studies available for those less than 18 years old and 87 scientific trials which cater to patients over 65."

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Are there any available slots for participants in this trial?

"According to the clinicaltrials.gov database, this medical trial is not currently recruiting for participants. It was first published on January 1st 2023 and last updated on the 18th day of that same month. Nonetheless, there are 136 other studies seeking enrolment at this time."

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Would I be a suitable candidate to join this experiment?

"This investigation is recruiting up to 30 minors aged between 14-17 that demonstrate a typical sleep duration of 7 hours on school nights, have a BMI in the >5th percentile but no greater than 100% overweight and are under parental care. They must also be willing and able to complete all tasks related to this study like wearing wrist actigraphs or hip accelerometers daily."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Sleep in Adolescents - Pilot Study

Andrea M. Spaeth, PhD 2023. "Sleep in Adolescents - Pilot Study". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05703061.