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Status unknownNCT03268629Updated Oct 9, 2018

'Mindfulness-Based Joyful Sleep' Intervention in Young and Middle-aged Individuals With Insomnia

An interventional study of Mindfulness-Based Joyful Sleep and CBT-I in Insomnia, sponsored by Central South University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 59 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-10-09.

Sponsored by Central South University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Oct 2018), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
70
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 59 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The primary objective of this proposed three-year (June 01, 2018 to May 31,2020) project is to verify the effect of 'Mindfulness Based Joyful Sleep' (MBJS) intervention on young and middle-aged individuals with insomnia in China and preliminarily explore inflammatory response for the intervention of insomnia applied by it. Previous researches show that Mindfulness-Based Interventions may relieve insomnia, it is hypothesized that MBJS will be an effective, feasible and affordable insomnia intervention program in China.

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Background:Insomnia is a public health problem attracting extensive attention. Due to the risks of side effect and drug dependence from the drug treatment of insomnia, the non-drug treatment has gradually drawn the attention of clinician. In recent years, Mindfulness-Based Interventions originating from the Eastern culture has created a trend in the application and research of psychological and physical health fields in western countries, and been found to be capable of effectively curing or alleviating many psychosomatic diseases and possibly results in the reversion of gene operation mode and the reduction of inflammation risk. Researches show that Mindfulness-Based Interventions may relieve insomnia, but existing research samples and strict randomized controlled trial are insufficient and its application mechanism is full of uncertainty. In China, empirical research strictly designed is even scarce in such field. At the earlier stage, investigators have designed a intervention scheme for insomnia intervention ('Mindfulness-Based Joyful Sleep') with mindfulness-based meditation and Tai Chi as core technology, and in combination with Chinese culture and have made preliminary application.

Objectives:This study is expected to verify the effect of 'Mindfulness-Based Joyful Sleep' program on young and middle-aged patients with insomnia in China and preliminarily explore the genetic level inflammation mechanism for the intervention of insomnia applied by it.

Methods: Investigators will conduct a 2-arm randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness-based intervention for insomnia ('Mindfulness-Based Joyful sleep'). Patients with insomnia at the age of 18-59 in China will be recruited for this study.The two steps to be implemented include: 1) conducting a pilot study to finalize the design of 'Mindfulness-Based Joyful sleep'program and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary outcomes of the'Mindfulness-Based Joyful sleep' program: The final sample is expected to include18 patients who meet inclusion criteria. Participants will receive 8-week 'Mindfulness-Based Joyful sleep' intervention. The efficacy of 'Mindfulness-Based Joyful sleep' program will be assessed by PSQI, and feasibility and acceptability of 'Joyful Sleep' program will be examined by attendance, completion of homework and feedback of participants on the feeling of the program collected by a focus group. 2) conducting a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of ''Mindfulness-Based Joyful sleep'' program: The final sample is expected to include 70 patients who meet inclusion criteria. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of 2 groups, receiving'Mindfulness-Based Joyful sleep'intervention, or receiving 'Cognitive Behavior Therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)'. Participants will be assessed at 3 time points by PSG, Sleep Diary, self-reported measures including PSQI, ISI, CPSS, BDI, STAI and bio-indicator (NF-κB) at baseline, the end of the Intervention Period, and at a 3-month follow-up.

Implications: This proposed study has important implications in providing valuable insights into bridging the gap between need and services received for insomnia interventions in China. If the 'Mindfulness-Based Joyful Sleep' Intervention can be used effectively, it can also be popularized to many other patients with insomnia in China in future.

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Conditions studied

  • Insomnia

Keywords

  • Insomnia
  • Mindfulness-based Intervention
  • Mindfulness Meditation
  • Tai Chi
  • Inflammation
  • NF-κB
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In context

Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

2,722 studies on the registry are indexed under Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; 726 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 70 is close to the median of 68 across 2,350 interventional studies indexed under Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Central South University is the lead sponsor of 134 studies on the registry; 32 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 59 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Aged between 18 and 59 years
  2. Diagnosis of insomnia disorder according to the , 5th ed (DSM-V)
  3. Fully conscious
  4. Junior high school or higher education degree
  5. No language impairment or communication disorders
  6. Willing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Cognitive impairment
  2. Somatic disorders, including but not limited to cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular diseases, endocrine diseases, diseases, and tumors
  3. Mental disorders, including but not limited to schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma and stress related disorders, substance related disorders
  4. Pregnant or lactating women
  5. Currently taking any prescribed medication
  6. Currently participating in any mindfulness practice for 15 minutes per day (e.g. yoga, Tai Chi, qigong, meditation)
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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DSM diagnostic criteria

The American Psychiatric Association’s manual of mental health diagnoses. DSM-5 (2013, revised as DSM-5-TR in 2022) replaced DSM-IV, and some studies still name the older edition. “Meets DSM criteria for …” means diagnosed by that edition’s diagnostic criteria, usually by a clinician in an interview.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
70 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Mindfulness-Based Joyful Sleep

    The proposed 'Joyful Sleep' program will be conducted weekly, 2 hours per session, 8 sessions, group-based in mindfulness. The content and skills are based upon MBSR, MAPs and Tai Chi. The proposed topics include: 1) mindfulness and insomnia, 2) mindful awareness of stress, 3) mindful working with thoughts, 4) mindful working with emotions, 5) mindful interactions, 6) moving mindfulness meditation: the first taste of Tai Chi, 7) moving mindfulness meditation: the second taste of Tai Chi, 8) dealing with obstacles of mindful practices and wrap-up. Mindfulness practices embedded in the program will include mindfulness breathing meditation, body scan meditation, sitting meditation, standing meditation, walking meditation, Taichi, and daily life meditation.

    Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Joyful Sleep

  • Active comparator
    CBT-I

    The CBT-I is a weekly, 2-hour, 8 session, group-based program. CBT-I includes 4 central components: stimulus control, sleep restriction, relaxation training and cognitive therapy. The aim of CBT-I is to reduce sleep-related physiologic and cognitive arousal so that restorative sleep function can be re-established.

    Behavioral: CBT-I

Interventions

  • BehavioralMindfulness-Based Joyful Sleep

    The proposed "Mindfulness-Based Joyful Sleep" program will be conducted weekly, 2 hours per session, 8 sessions, group-based program in mindfulness.

    Also known as: Mindfulness based intervention for insomnia

  • BehavioralCBT-I

    The CBT-I program was delivered to groups of 10-15 individuals over the course of eight, weekly, 2-hour sessions, for a total of 16 contact hours.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. change of sleep quality

    Sleep quality will be measured with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

    Time frame: Outcomes will be evaluated at baseline, the end of the 8-week Intervention Period, and at a 3-month follow-up

Secondary outcomes

  1. change of perceived stress

    Perceived stress will be assessed by Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). The PSS has 14 items. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale, with higher total scores indicating higher perceived stress (0-13, low perceived stress; 14-26, moderate perceived stress; 27-40, high perceived stress).

    Time frame: Outcomes will be evaluated at baseline, the end of the 8-week Intervention Period, and at a 3-month follow-up

  2. change of anxiety

    Anxiety will be assessed by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The STAI has 20 items for assessing trait anxiety (TAI) and 20 items for assessing state anxiety (SAI). All items are rated on a 4-point scale, with higher total scores indicate greater anxiety.

    Time frame: Outcomes will be evaluated at baseline, the end of the 8-week Intervention Period, and at a 3-month follow-up

  3. change of depression

    Depression will be assessed by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The BDI consists of 21 items. All items are rated on a 4-point scale, with higher total scores indicating more severe depression (31-40 indicates severe depressive symptoms and scores \> 40 indicate extreme depressive symptoms).

    Time frame: Outcomes will be evaluated at baseline, the end of the 8-week Intervention Period, and at a 3-month follow-up

  4. change of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)

    NF-κB (nuclear factor-κB) is a collective name for inducible dimeric transcription factors composed of members of the Rel family of DNA-binding proteins that recognize a common sequence motif. NF-κB is found in essentially all cell types and is involved in activation of an exceptionally large number of genes in response to infections, inflammation, and other stressful situations requiring rapid reprogramming of gene expression. NF-κB is clearly one of the most important regulators of proinflammatory gene expression.

    Time frame: Outcomes will be evaluated at baseline, the end of the 8-week Intervention Period, and at a 3-month follow-up

  5. change of sleep quantity

    sleep quantity will be measured with Polysomnography (PSG).

    Time frame: Outcomes will be evaluated at baseline, the end of the 8-week Intervention Period, and at a 3-month follow-up

  6. change of severity of Insomnia Symptoms (ISI)

    Severity of Insomnia Symptoms will be measured with Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). The ISI comprises 7 items, which are each rated on a five-point scale. Total scores range from zero to 28. ISI clinical cut points are categorized as: no insomnia (zero to seven), subthreshold insomnia (eight to 14), moderate insomnia (15-21), and severe insomnia (22-28).

    Time frame: Outcomes will be evaluated at baseline, the end of the 8-week Intervention Period, and at a 3-month follow-up

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Study locations

1 site
  • Thrid Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
    Changsha, Hunan 410013, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Pan C, Wang X, Deng Y, Li P, Liao Y, Ma X, Yang GP, Dai L, Tang Q. Efficacy of mindfulness-based intervention ('mindfulness-based joyful sleep') in young and middle-aged individuals with insomnia using a biomarker of inflammatory responses: a prospective protocol of a randomised controlled trial in China. BMJ Open. 2019 Jul 10;9(7):e027061. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027061. PubMed 31296508 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — data of participants' assessment result on PSG, Sleep Diary, PSQI, ISS, CPSS, BDI, STAI, NF-κB during intervention will be shared with other researchers through published articles.

Supporting information: Study protocol

Time frame: data will be made available within 6 months of study completion and no time limitation.

Access criteria: the data will become available on the database which includes the journal publishing the study.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Dec 2018; primary completion for May 2021, 29 months later.

Of 1,207 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, half reached primary completion within 15 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 35. This study's planned 29 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 1,285 studies reached it within 15 months; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 34.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Aug 27, 2017
First posted
Aug 31, 2017
StartEst.
Dec 1, 2018
Primary completionEst.
May 31, 2021
CompletionEst.
May 31, 2021
Last update
Oct 9, 2018
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 9, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03268629
Responsible party
Chen Pan (Principal Investigator, Central South University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 31, 2017
Start date
Dec 1, 2018 (estimated)
Primary completion
May 31, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
May 31, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 9, 2018

Study contacts

Pan Chen, M.D.,Ph.D.
Contact
758933968@qq.com
86-13357319516
Pan Chen, M.D.,Ph.D.
principal investigator · Central South University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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