Dream control therapy eases night terrors and sleep paralysis in narcolepsy patients
NCT ID NCT07609537
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a six-session behavioral therapy that teaches people with narcolepsy type 1 how to become aware during dreams (lucid dreaming) and control frightening images. Ninety-eight adults took part, with half receiving the therapy and half getting standard care. The goal was to reduce the frequency and distress of hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cognitive behavioral therapy with lucid dreaming training
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a drug-free way to ease frightening hallucinations and sleep paralysis in people with narcolepsy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with 98 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The therapy requires time and effort, and not everyone can learn lucid dreaming.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bahavioral Sleep Medicine Institute
Medellín, Antioquia, 050021, Colombia
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