Improving Sleep and Psychological Functioning in People With Depression and Insomnia

Summary

This study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of treatment with both a sleeping pill and antidepressant medication in improving sleep and psychological functioning in people with depression and insomnia.

Timeline

Start

2005-10

Primary completion

2008-10

Completion

2008-12

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper patients receiving ESZ had lower (better) DLRF scores (0.81 +/- 0.64) than those receiving placebo (1.2 +/- 0.72), p = 0.01. PMID 20726279 ↗

Publications

• Background McCall WV, Reboussin BA, Cohen W. Subjective measurement of insomnia and quality of life in depressed inpatients. J Sleep Res. 2000 Mar;9(1):43-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2000.00186.x.
• Background Zammit GK, Weiner J, Damato N, Sillup GP, McMillan CA. Quality of life in people with insomnia. Sleep. 1999 May 1;22 Suppl 2:S379-85.
• McCall C, McCall WV. Objective vs. subjective measurements of sleep in depressed insomniacs: first night effect or reverse first night effect? J Clin Sleep Med. 2012 Feb 15;8(1):59-65. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.1664.
• McCall WV, D'Agostino R Jr, Rosenquist PB, Kimball J, Boggs N, Lasater B, Blocker J. Dissection of the factors driving the placebo effect in hypnotic treatment of depressed insomniacs. Sleep Med. 2011 Jun;12(6):557-64. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.03.008. Epub 2011 May 20.
• McCall C, McCall WV. Comparison of actigraphy with polysomnography and sleep logs in depressed insomniacs. J Sleep Res. 2012 Feb;21(1):122-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2011.00917.x. Epub 2011 Mar 29.
• McCall WV, Blocker JN, D'Agostino R Jr, Kimball J, Boggs N, Lasater B, Haskett R, Krystal A, McDonald WM, Rosenquist PB. Treatment of insomnia in depressed insomniacs: effects on health-related quality of life, objective and self-reported sleep, and depression. J Clin Sleep Med. 2010 Aug 15;6(4):322-9.
• McCall WV, Blocker JN, D'Agostino R Jr, Kimball J, Boggs N, Lasater B, Rosenquist PB. Insomnia severity is an indicator of suicidal ideation during a depression clinical trial. Sleep Med. 2010 Oct;11(9):822-7. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.04.004. Epub 2010 May 15.

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