Status:

RECRUITING

Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Suvorexant 20 mg to Placebo for Treatment of Insomnia in Cancer Survivors

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of South Carolina

Collaborating Sponsors:

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Insomnia

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Investigators propose a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the use of the use of Suvorexant in breast cancer survivors on selective estrogen receptor modulators or aromatase inhibitors ...

Detailed Description

Cancer survivors have an incidence of sleep disturbance and insomnia higher than the general population, with significant potential implications on health outcomes including in survivorship domains an...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult post menopausal breast cancer survivors (female, \> 18 years old)
  • current selective estrogen modulator or aromatase inhibitor use
  • at least 6 weeks beyond completion of definitive treatment for breast cancer
  • less than 5 years from time of diagnosis.

Exclusion

  • less than 6-month life expectancy
  • current steroid use
  • severe depression or anxiety
  • severe hepatic impairment
  • concurrent use of moderate or strong CYP3A inhibitors
  • current receipt of hospice care
  • severe mental illness
  • current use of greater than 40 morphine milligram equivalents daily
  • diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy or other sleep related illness other than insomnia
  • pregnancy
  • treatment with alternate pharmacotherapy for insomnia at the time of trial initiation
  • menstrual cycle within the past year

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 20 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

44 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06162663

Start Date

September 20 2024

End Date

November 1 2026

Last Update

September 4 2025

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MUSC Department of Family Medicine

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425