ICU drug tested as potential sleep aid for PTSD nightmares

NCT ID NCT06685965

Summary

This study is testing whether a low dose of a medication called dexmedetomidine, which is already used to sedate patients in intensive care, can help people with PTSD sleep better. Twenty-four adults with PTSD and ongoing sleep problems will spend three nights in a sleep lab, trying either a low dose, a high dose, or a placebo, without knowing which one they are getting. The main goal is to see if the medication safely increases the amount of deep, restorative sleep they get.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

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Locations

  • Human Sleep Pharmacology, University of Zurich

    RECRUITING

    Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8057, Switzerland

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