Sleep and Pain Interventions in Fibromyalgia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Insomnia; Fibromyalgia
• Interventions: Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I); Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pain (CBT-P)

• Registration Number: NCT02001077
• Lead Sponsor: University of Florida

Brief Summary

This is a single-center, randomized controlled trial study design. Enrolled participants had comorbid fibromyalgia and chronic insomnia. Participants were randomized to a behavioral intervention for pain, a behavioral intervention for insomnia, or a waitlist control. The study intervention period lasted eight weeks. The objective of the study is to examine the impact of two behavioral treatments on sleep and pain and to better understand what causes chronic pain and chronic sleep disturbance.

Detailed Description

Participants will be asked to review the informed consent and consent to the study prior to any study procedure.

There are six phases of this study: 1. a telephone interview, 2. an in-home single night sleep recording, 3. a two-week baseline period, 4. an 8-week treatment period, 5. a two-week follow-up period, and 6. another two week follow-up period 6-months after the treatment period.

During the telephone interview, participants will be asked question about their sleep and pain history. Participants with poor sleep will visit the University of Florida for a medical history and will be connected to a machine which will monitor their sleep. Participants will return home to sleep while still connected to the machine and will return the machine to the University of Florida the next day. A third visit will consist of completing questionnaires and measuring response to a range of temperatures. Participants will complete brief daily questionnaires and wear an actigraph (wristwatch-like device) that measures arm movements for two weeks.

Participants will then be randomized to one of three groups: a pain treatment group, an insomnia treatment group or a waitlist control group. Both treatments consist of weekly therapy sessions for 8 consecutive weeks. Participants assigned to waitlist control will be offered therapy at no cost at the end of the study. Throughout these 8 weeks, participants in all three groups will be asked to complete daily sleep diaries.

The study consists of two follow-up periods consisting of two weeks, during which participants will wear the actigraph and complete daily sleep diaries. Participants will travel to the University two times during each follow-up period. One follow-up period will occur immediately following treatment, and the other will occur approximately 6 months following treatment. During each follow-up period, the first visits will involve being connected to the machine that monitors their sleep. Participants will then return home with the machine to sleep in their own beds. The second of these visits will occur the following day and will involve the return of the machine, completion of questionnaires, and measurement of participants' responses to a range of temperatures applied to their arm.

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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-02
• Primary Completion: 2013-09
• Study Completion: 2013-09
• Status Verified: 2013-11
• Study First Submitted: 2013-11-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-11-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-11-27
• Study First Posted: 2013-12-04
• Last Update Posted: 2013-12-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 113

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of fibromyalgia
• Diagnosis of insomnia
• No sleep medications for at least 1 month, or stable on medications for at least 6 months
• Willing to be randomly assigned to a treatment
• Able to read and understand English

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Exclusion Criteria

• Sleep disorder other than insomnia
• Bipolar disorder
• Seizure disorder
• Severe untreated psychopathology
• Cognitive impairment

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
CBT-I	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)	Participants will complete 8 weekly therapy sessions focused on improving sleep. A multicomponent CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia) protocol will involve: sleep hygiene, stimulus control, sleep restriction, relaxation, and cognitive restructuring.
CBT-P	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pain (CBT-P)	Participants will complete 8 weekly therapy sessions focused on improving pain. A multicomponent CBT-P (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pain) protocol will involve: pain education, relaxation, activity pacing, and cognitive restructuring.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in time spent awake during the night.	Change from baseline to the two study follow-ups (immediately and 3-months following treatment)	The change in the time participants report spending awake during the night. Sleep will be measured with daily diaries and, means of the 14 days collected at baseline, immediately, and 6 months following treatment will be calculated.
Change in mood.	Change from baseline to the two follow-up periods (immediately and 3-months following treatment)	The change in reported mood as assessed by questionnaires from baseline to immediately and 6 months following treatment.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in self-report of pain experience.	Change from baseline to the two follow-up periods (immediately and 3-months following treatment)	The change in participants' report of their pain experience from baseline to the two follow-up periods. Pain will be assessed by daily diaries, and means of the 14 days collected at baseline, immediately, and 6 months following treatment will be calculated.
Change in mood.	Change from baseline to the two follow-up periods (immediately and 3-months following treatment).	The change in reported mood as assessed by questionnaires from baseline to immediately and 6 months following treatment.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Florida; 🇺🇸 Gainesville, Florida, United States