Study of Trazodone & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Insomnia

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a 3 month medication trial of Trazodone versus 3 months of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in patients with chronic insomnia.

Timeline

Start

2011-04

Primary completion

2018-06-01

Completion

2018-06-01

Publications

• Background Vgontzas AN, Liao D, Pejovic S, Calhoun S, Karataraki M, Basta M, Fernandez-Mendoza J, Bixler EO. Insomnia with short sleep duration and mortality: the Penn State cohort. Sleep. 2010 Sep;33(9):1159-64. doi: 10.1093/sleep/33.9.1159.
• Background Vgontzas AN, Liao D, Pejovic S, Calhoun S, Karataraki M, Bixler EO. Insomnia with objective short sleep duration is associated with type 2 diabetes: A population-based study. Diabetes Care. 2009 Nov;32(11):1980-5. doi: 10.2337/dc09-0284. Epub 2009 Jul 29.
• Background Vgontzas AN, Liao D, Bixler EO, Chrousos GP, Vela-Bueno A. Insomnia with objective short sleep duration is associated with a high risk for hypertension. Sleep. 2009 Apr;32(4):491-7. doi: 10.1093/sleep/32.4.491.
• Background Vgontzas AN, Bixler EO, Lin HM, Prolo P, Mastorakos G, Vela-Bueno A, Kales A, Chrousos GP. Chronic insomnia is associated with nyctohemeral activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: clinical implications. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001 Aug;86(8):3787-94. doi: 10.1210/jcem.86.8.7778.
• Background Fernandez-Mendoza J, Calhoun S, Bixler EO, Pejovic S, Karataraki M, Liao D, Vela-Bueno A, Ramos-Platon MJ, Sauder KA, Vgontzas AN. Insomnia with objective short sleep duration is associated with deficits in neuropsychological performance: a general population study. Sleep. 2010 Apr;33(4):459-65. doi: 10.1093/sleep/33.4.459.
• Background Fernandez-Mendoza J, Calhoun SL, Bixler EO, Karataraki M, Liao D, Vela-Bueno A, Jose Ramos-Platon M, Sauder KA, Basta M, Vgontzas AN. Sleep misperception and chronic insomnia in the general population: role of objective sleep duration and psychological profiles. Psychosom Med. 2011 Jan;73(1):88-97. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181fe365a. Epub 2010 Oct 26.
• Li Y, Vgontzas AN, Fernandez-Mendoza J, Fang J, Puzino K, Bixler EO. Effect of trazodone versus cognitive-behavioural treatment on high- and slow-frequency activity during non-rapid eye movement sleep in chronic insomnia: A pilot, randomized clinical trial. J Sleep Res. 2021 Oct;30(5):e13324. doi: 10.1111/jsr.13324. Epub 2021 Mar 5.
• Vgontzas AN, Puzino K, Fernandez-Mendoza J, Krishnamurthy VB, Basta M, Bixler EO. Effects of trazodone versus cognitive behavioral therapy in the insomnia with short sleep duration phenotype: a preliminary study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 Dec 15;16(12):2009-2019. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8740.

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