Actively Recruiting
Caregiver Stress and Sleep Study
Led by University of Pittsburgh · Updated on 2025-07-10
120
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
228 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Pittsburgh
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study includes a randomized experimental component where therapists will systematically deliver an experimental behavioral probe or a supportive control condition. The aim is to evaluate effects on meaningful health-relevant measures including morning activation levels, depression symptoms, rumination, and aspects brain connectivity previously linked with depression.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Caregiver Stress and Sleep Study
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 60 years or older
- Provide at least 15 hours/week of unpaid care to a patient with a dementia diagnosis
- Reporting stress or strain delivering care
- No or stable pharmacotherapy for depression
- Meet screening criteria for morning activation difficulty or definite morning type per the Composite Morningness Questionnaire (CMQ)
You will not qualify if you...
- Unsafe or unable to undergo MRI
- Currently receiving active Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for mood or insomnia
- Probable dementia diagnosis
- Life-threatening illness or plans to leave the study area
- Current active substance use disorder
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
UPMC Western Behavioral Health
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
S
Sara Sellars, MA
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Number of Arms
2
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