Insomnia Treatment and Cardiometabolic Health in Older Adults With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

This pilot pre-post trial will address a gap in knowledge related to addressing modifiable risk factors for cardiometabolic disease through treating residual insomnia, sleep difficulties that remain after successful treatment of another condition, in the context of PTSD in understudied older adults. This study provides a non-medication treatment for PTSD called Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) followed by a non-medication sleep education and treatment program (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, CBT-I) for sleep problems that remain after completing PTSD treatment in older adults with PTSD. The aims of this project are to evaluate 1) the added benefits of treating residual insomnia on sleep and PTSD symptoms; 2) the added benefits of treating residual insomnia following CPT on cardiometabolic risk biomarkers and quality of life; and 3) the durability of the sleep, PTSD, cardiometabolic and quality of life benefits of treating residual insomnia following CPT at 6-month follow-up in older adults with PTSD.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 50
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• Community-dwelling Veterans aged 50 years and older

• Received care from a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facility in the prior year

• Diagnosis of PTSD

• Diagnosis of insomnia disorder

• Lives within a 50-mile radius of the research offices at the VA Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center

Locations
United States
California
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
RECRUITING
North Hills
Contact Information
Primary
Monica Kelly, PhD
monica.kelly2@va.gov
818-891-7711
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-04-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-03-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 167
Treatments
Experimental: Behavioral Sleep Education Intervention
Manual-based education program focusing on behavioral sleep techniques provided in individual 60-minute sessions for 5 weekly sessions.
Sponsors
Leads: University of California, Los Angeles
Collaborators: VA Office of Research and Development

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