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Can tailored daily routines fix sleep in older adults?

NCT ID NCT05485415

Symptom relief Sponsor: Mirjam Münch Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jul 16, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether personalized advice on sleep timing, light exposure, meal times, and physical activity can improve sleep quality in adults aged 65 and older who have poor sleep. Participants are randomly assigned to receive either general sleep advice or a customized plan targeting their daily rhythms. The goal is to find a non-drug way to help older adults sleep better and feel better.

What this could mean

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Active substance
personalized multimodal behavioral intervention (sleep, light exposure, meal timing, physical activity advice)
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could offer a simple, drug-free way to improve sleep and overall well-being in older adults.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study with 66 participants, and the personalized advice may not work for everyone. Results may not apply to people with certain medical conditions.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

66 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jul 2022

Finished

Jul 2025

Lead sponsor

A research network

The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

65 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: at least 65 years old women and men * Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) \> 5 (indicative of sleep problems) * Living at home (including self-serviced retirement apartment) Exclusion Criteria: * Total blindness or VA \< 0.5 * Progressive NCDs (e.g., cancer) * Acute infections (e.g., Covid-19) * Neurodegenerative disease * Psychiatric disease * Sleep disorder (sleep apnea, narcolepsy) * Not German speaking

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Parasomnias sleep disorder

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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Sleep disturbance

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre for Chronobiology, Psychiatric Hopspital of the University of Basel

    Basel, 4002, Switzerland

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