Clinician Training Program to Integrate Digital CBTI Into Routine Psychotherapy

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Insomnia
• Interventions: Behavioral: supported digital CBTI; Device: digital CBTI

• Registration Number: NCT05814783
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to pilot test and refine a training program for licensed therapists to promote the integration of digital cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (dCBTi) into their routine mental health care services.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-04-12
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-18
• Study Start: 2023-08-24
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-14
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-16
• Primary Completion: 2024-12
• Study Completion: 2024-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Licensed mental health clinicians
• Have a clinical care model that includes seeing patients weekly or biweekly
• Provide therapy in English
• Treat patients with depression and/or anxiety
• Can identify 1-2 patients who are willing to consent to be training cases.

Exclusion Criteria

• Not meeting all of the inclusion criteria

Patient Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 18+ years old
• Receive weekly or biweekly therapy from participating study therapist
• Identify improving sleep as a goal for treatment and experience insomnia (Insomnia Severity Index score greater than or equal to 10)
• Have daily access to a smartphone, tablet, or computer
• Can read, write, and speak in English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Conditions known to make study treatment less effective (e.g., current chronic medication use known to interfere with sleep, alcohol or substance use disorder, thought disorder)
• Conditions for which dCBTi is a safety risk (e.g., bipolar disorder, excessive daytime sleepiness)
• Current psychotherapy for insomnia

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Integrated digital CBTI	digital CBTI	Therapists will be trained to integrate digital CBTI alongside routine psychotherapy. Patients will receive integrated digital CBTI
Integrated digital CBTI	supported digital CBTI	Therapists will be trained to integrate digital CBTI alongside routine psychotherapy. Patients will receive integrated digital CBTI

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)	Pre-treatment and immediately post-treatment (treatment phase is 12 weeks)	Validated questionnaire; total score range between 0 and 28, with higher numbers representing greater insomnia severity, patient outcome.
Change in Knowledge of Supporting Integrated dCBTi	Pre-training (at the start of the one day training) and immediately post-training (at the end of the one day training)	Therapist outcome assessing knowledge gained during training program measured via a study-specific questionnaire on which higher scores indicating more knowledge

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time spent supporting dCBTi	Through study duration, usually 3 months	From a structured post-session note completed by the therapist, therapist-reported how much time spent devoted to supporting dCBTI

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Stanford University; 🇺🇸 Stanford, California, United States