Clinician Training Program to Integrate Digital CBTI Into Routine Psychotherapy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Insomnia

• 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
• Primary Completion: 2025-01-26
• Study Completion: 2025-01-26
• Status Verified: 2025-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-06-06
• Last Update Posted: 2025-06-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 12

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

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