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Benefits and Risks of Artificial Light Exposure: Characterisation of Effects on Alertness, Sleep, Cognitive Performance, Mood and Biological Rhythms
Led by University Hospital, Strasbourg, France · Updated on 2025-08-08
96
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
230 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this project is to study the influence of light on sleep, wakefulness, EEG activity and cognitive performances.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Benefits and Risks of Artificial Light Exposure: Characterisation of Effects on Alertness, Sleep, Cognitive Performance, Mood and Biological Rhythms
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Male or female
- Aged 18 to 40 years
- Body mass index (BMI) between 17 and 30 kg/m2
- Healthy as determined by clinical exam, psychological interview, blood test, and urine analysis
- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score below 6
- Willing to maintain a regular sleep/wake rhythm during the study
- Agreeing to avoid caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, psychotropic drugs, cannabis, or other drugs during the study
- Signed informed consent
- Affiliated with a social protection scheme
You will not qualify if you...
- Presence of cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, hematopoietic, visual, immune system, kidney, urinary tract, endocrine, metabolic, neurological, or infectious diseases
- Thrombocytopenia or other blood platelet disorders
- Risk of thrombosis including history of phlebitis, smoking while using oral contraceptives
- Addiction to caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, psychotropic drugs, cannabis, or other drugs
- Treatments contraindicated or inadvisable with heparin
- Blood donation within 3 months prior to inclusion
- Participation in other clinical trials
- Shift work within the year before inclusion
- Trans-meridian travel crossing more than 2 time zones within the month before inclusion
- Inability to provide informed consent or understand study information
- Under safeguard of justice, tutorship, or curatorship
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Diet incompatible with the study's snack choices
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France, 67091
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Research Team
P
Patrice BOURGIN, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Number of Arms
6
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