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Online COgnitive Behavioural Therapy for Sleep and Mental Health for Older Adults With Insomnia and Subjective Cognitive Complaints
Led by Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal · Updated on 2026-03-18
275
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
158 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this randomized controlled clinical trial is to assess a novel cognitive-behavioral program for sleep and mental health using a multidomain web platform (eCBTi+) in participants with insomnia and subjective cognitive complaint. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Whether the eCBTi+ intervention improves sleep (subjective: Insomnia severity index \[ISI\], objective: EEG-based sleep efficiency) sleep and mental health (Geriatric Anxiety Index \[GAI\] and Geriatric Depression Scale \[GDS\]) compared to the control intervention * Whether the eCBTi+ intervention improves cognitive abilities (subjective: Cognitive Failure Questionnaire \[CFQ\], objective: CANTAB executive functions composite score) compared to the control intervention
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Online COgnitive Behavioural Therapy for Sleep and Mental Health for Older Adults With Insomnia and Subjective Cognitive Complaints
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 60 years or older at the time of enrollment
- Sleep Condition Indicator (SCI) score 16 or less and/or meeting DSM-V criteria for insomnia
- Subjective cognitive complaints with a score of 2 or higher on any item of the Everyday Cognition scale (ECog)
- Ability to read and understand French or English
- Ability to use a smartphone or tablet and access to home internet
- Stable dose of hypnotic or psychotropic medication (including cannabis) for at least 2 months before study entry if applicable
- Low risk of obstructive sleep apnea with STOP-BANG questionnaire score less than 3
You will not qualify if you...
- Living outside of Québec or Ontario
- Current hospitalization or planned major surgery
- Uncorrected severe hearing or vision impairment
- Diagnosis of major neurocognitive disorder or mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
- Performance suggesting major neurocognitive disorder or MCI with T-MoCA score less than 17
- Diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
- Positive screen for psychotic or bipolar disorders on MINI
- High suicidal risk based on modified Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale
- Untreated sleep disorders like severe sleep apnea (apnea-hypopnea index over 30), REM sleep behavior disorder, or restless legs syndrome
- Current shift work
- Currently receiving CBT or previously received CBT for insomnia
- Frequent alcohol use impacting functioning (more than 10 glasses per week)
- Illicit drug use more than once a month
- Recent use of psychotropic medication in past 2 weeks for neuroimaging subgroup
- MRI contraindications such as pacemaker or claustrophobia
- Medical conditions affecting sleep including recent seizures, concussion, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, brain lesions, recent major surgery, untreated thyroid disorder, chronic pain interfering with sleep, recent severe infection, or active cancer treated less than 2 years ago
- Unable or unwilling to attend MRI centers in Montreal or Ottawa
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Z7K4
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2
Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de l'Île-de-Montréal. CCSMTL - IUGM
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3W 1W5
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Research Team
T
Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, MD PhD
CONTACT
R
Rebecca Robillard, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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