{"id":1852,"date":"2025-11-21T14:24:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:19:18","slug":"cognitive-behavioral-therapy-or-medication-lemborexant-for-chronic-insomnia-of-different-phenotypes-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-or-medication-lemborexant-for-chronic-insomnia-of-different-phenotypes-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy or Medication (Lemborexant) for Chronic Insomnia of Different Phenotypes Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\">Do you have difficulty sleeping?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may be able to eligible for this study, if you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Are 18 years or older;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experience difficulty sleeping (insomnia);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experience mild symptoms of anxiety and depression;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not suffer from any serious medical condition;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not regularly take medications or product for sleep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">The study is examining the effects of different insomnia treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three treatment conditions are: a nightly medication approved by Health Canada for the treatment of insomnia called <em>lemborexant<\/em>, a nightly placebo (inactive) medication, or a psychological treatment called cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT-I). You would be assigned to one of these conditions, and attend 6 treatment sessions lasting approximately one hour each, over the course of 2 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You would be asked to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete questionnaires and an interview to determine if you are eligible for the study<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wear a wrist device during the day\/night and a band around your head at night to measure your sleep for one-week before and after treatment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitor your experiences on a sleep diary throughout treatment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete questionnaires before treatment, after treatment and 6 months after treatment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In appreciation of your time, you will receive $200 if you complete all of the components of the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in participating in this study or would like more information, please call <strong>416-979-5000 ext. 552185<\/strong> or email <a href=\"mailto:sadlab@torontomu.ca\"><strong>sadlab@torontomu.ca<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary researcher of this study at TMU is Dr. Colleen Carney ccarney@torontomu.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary researcher of this study is Dr. Charles Morin at Laval University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This research study has been reviewed and approved by the Toronto Metropolitan University Research Ethics Board [REB protocol number 2024-370] and is funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have difficulty sleeping? You may be able to eligible for this study, if you: The study is examining&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1852"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1855,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852\/revisions\/1855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/carney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}