Can a sleep app boost brain recovery after surgery? new study aims to find out.
NCT ID NCT06375265
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a smartphone app that helps improve sleep, along with a wearable activity tracker, can support brain health in older adults (65+) after hip or knee replacement surgery. The goal is to see if better sleep can reduce confusion or memory problems after surgery. About 50 participants will use the app and tracker before and after their operation.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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
-
About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
-
Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adults ≥ 65 years old 2. Scheduled for an elective orthopedic total joint replacement procedure (knee/hip) 3. At least mild insomnia (ISI score of ≥10 on telephone screening or RedCap screening questionnaire) 5\. Own a smart phone 6. Willingness to use the dCBT-I app and actigraphy. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Current or previous CBT-I exposure in the last 6 months prior to the start of the study 2. Rapidly progressive illnesses/life expectancy \<6 months 3. Active psychosis/suicidal ideation 4. Irregular shift work/sleep patterns 5. Moderate-severe sleep apnea (apnea/hypopnea index ≥15) without CPAP compliance per chart review 6. Sleep disorders other than insomnia or apnea 7. Cognitive impairment (diagnosis of dementia) 8. Initiation, discontinuation, or dose change of sleep-affecting prescription medications within 1 month prior to study start or during the intervention period; not excluded if stable sleep-affecting medications in the prior month (by clinical review) 9. No surgery within 12 months of consented, eligibility will be reassessed if surgery is delayed by more than 3 months
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Delayed neurocognitive recovery are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can a sleep drug help cirrhosis patients rest and think clearer?
- Can magnetic brain zaps ease the pain of a sleepless body?
- Can poor sleep make you hurt more? study probes Insomnia's link to pain
- Can a common anesthetic stop Post-Surgery delirium in the elderly?
- Does soreness after exercise disrupt sleep more for people with insomnia?
- Can fixing insomnia help heavy drinkers cut back?