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Clinical Trials/NCT07489417
NCT07489417RecruitingNot Applicable

Impact of Sleep Restriction on Blood Pressure Reactivity

University of Missouri-Columbia1 site in 1 country45 target enrollmentStarted: March 4, 2026Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Recruiting
Enrollment
45
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Mean Blood Pressure

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of the research study is to examine the effects of shortened sleep on blood pressure.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Non Randomized
Intervention Model
Crossover
Primary Purpose
Basic Science
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Healthy adult men and women
  • 18-45 years of age
  • BMI < 25 kg/m² (normal weight group) or ≥ 30 kg/m² (obesity group)
  • Non-pregnant, non-breastfeeding, and non-nicotine users
  • Self-reported history of normal sleep duration (7-9 hours/night) and bedtime prior to midnight
  • Premenopausal

Exclusion Criteria

  • No acute or chronic conditions
  • Taking no medications known to affect sleep, autonomic, metabolic, or cardiovascular function
  • Self-reported history of irregular sleep
  • Self-reported history of hepatic, renal, pulmonary, cardiovascular, or neurological disease, stroke or neurovascular disease, bleeding/clotting disorders, sleep apnea or other sleep disorders, diabetes, history of alcoholism or substance abuse, major cardiovascular event or surgical procedure within the past three months, or hypertension

Arms & Interventions

Sleep Restriction

Experimental

You will be asked to shorten your sleep to four hours.

Intervention: Sleep Restriction (Behavioral)

Normal Sleep

No Intervention

You will be asked to sleep for 7-9 hours.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Mean Blood Pressure

Time Frame: Baseline and during the last 1-minute of stress

Mean Blood pressure

Blood Pressure

Time Frame: Baseline and during the last 1-minute of stress

Blood pressure

Secondary Outcomes

No secondary outcomes reported

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Jacqueline K Limberg, PhD

Associate Professor

University of Missouri-Columbia

Study Sites (1)

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