Bright Light Therapy to Reduce Sleep Disturbance and Biological Aging in Lung Cancer Patients

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The goal of this randomized intervention trial is to determine the effect of bright light therapy on sleep disturbance, as well as to investigate the impacts of bright light therapy on biological age measured by clinical biomarkers. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does bright light therapy improve sleep patterns (i.e., sleep onset latency, sleep disturbance, and sleep efficiency) in lung cancer patients? * Can bright light therapy slow the rate of aging measured by biological age in lung cancer patients? Researchers will compare bright light therapy group to control group to see if bright light works to reduce sleep disturbance and decelerate biological aging. Participants will: * Receive bright light exposure or usual light exposure every day for 4 weeks * Get blood draw at the baseline and at 4 weeks for clinical biomarkers tests * Complete self-reported sleep, fatigue and stress surveys at the baseline and at 4 weeks * Keep a daily sleep log

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• \>=18 years of age

• Stage Ib to IIIb primary lung cancer diagnosis

• \>=2 months after completion of primary therapy, patient can continue to be on maintenance/immunotherapy

• ECOG performance status is 0 or 1

• Experience problematic sleep (scores of \>=8 on the Insomnia Severity Index)

• Able to understand, speak, and read English

• Sighted and mentally competent to consent

Locations
United States
Michigan
Henry Ford Health System
RECRUITING
Detroit
Contact Information
Primary
Menghua Tao, PhD
mtao1@hfhs.org
313-590-9408
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-06-09
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-02-28
Participants
Target number of participants: 20
Treatments
Experimental: bright light arm
Participants will receive a daily 30-minutes bright light through light visor for 4 weeks.
No_intervention: control arm
Participants will not receive bright light, and keep their usual daily light exposure for 4 weeks.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Henry Ford Health System
Collaborators: Michigan State University

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