Recovery Sleepers: A Pilot Study of a Sleep Health Intervention for College Students in Recovery

Sleep Clinical Trial

Official title:

Recovery Sleepers: A Pilot Study of a Sleep Health Intervention for College Students in Recovery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05114577
• Other study ID #: HM20022646
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 24, 2021
• Est. completion date: October 3, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: December 2022
• Source: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this research study is to examine how to improve sleep in college students in recovery from substance use disorder(s). This study is a pilot test of an experimental program called Recovery Sleepers (RS) to explore its feasibility and how well it works to improve sleep, wellbeing, and cravings.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 12
• Est. completion date: October 3, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: October 3, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• More than 18 years of age
• Enrolled (full- or part-time) at a college or university
• Have struggled with substance addiction in the past
• More than 3 months of self-reported continuous abstinence from alcohol and all illegal drugs
• Have an Internet-enabled device with audio capabilities.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Younger than 18 years of age
• Not enrolled at VCU
• Have not struggled with substance addiction in the past
• Have not had at least 3 months of self-reported continuous abstinence from alcohol and all
• illegal drugs
• In active treatment for a sleep disorder (seen a health provider specifically regarding sleep within the last 6 months)
• Unable to communicate in English both orally and in writing
• Do not have an Internet-enabled device with audio capabilities.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Addiction
• Behavior, Addictive
• Sleep

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Recovery Sleepers program.
Attend two, 90-minute remote discussion groups (~10 other participants and 2 study team members) via Zoom. During these groups, participants will receive educational materials about how to improve sleep. They will also discuss sleep and sleep-related behaviors, including how active substance use and recovery may have changed sleep, with a small group of other participants.
• Email recommendations
Receive recommendations (via email) to help improve sleep

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	Virginia

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Virginia Commonwealth University	Society for Health Psychology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Satisfaction with treatment	Participants will rate their experiences in the study using a scale from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). Treatment and placebo groups will answer a different number of questions. Scores will be averaged to yield a single score between 1 and 5.	6 weeks
Primary	Study participant retention	Percent of participants who complete all 6 weeks of the study	6 weeks
Primary	Study material completion	Percent of participant who complete all of the study materials over the course of the study	6 weeks
Primary	Study group attendance	Percent of participants who attend all study group meetings	6 weeks
Primary	Recruitment success	Number of participants recruited into the study	Baseline