Can a website cure your sleepless nights? new study tests online insomnia therapy
NCT ID NCT04300218
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether an internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy program (iCBT-I) can help people with chronic insomnia. 107 adults were randomly assigned to receive the online program or usual care. The program included educational videos, sleep tracking, and techniques like sleep restriction and relaxation. Researchers measured changes in insomnia severity and sleep quality to see if the online approach is effective and cost-effective.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (iCBT-I)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide an effective, low-cost treatment option for chronic insomnia that people can access from home.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial with 107 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The therapy requires active participation and may not work for all types of insomnia.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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107 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2020
- Finished
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Sep 2023
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Sleep disorder matching chronic insomnia criteria (International Classification of Sleep Disorders-3) - assessed by clinical judgement * Ability to follow the procedures of the study, fluent Russian language, Good access to internet - assessed by self-report Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of dementia (identified by history or a score \< 25 on the Folstein Mini Mental Status Exam) - assessed by clinical judgement * Severe depression or severe anxiety as measured with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II; score \> 28 ) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI; score \> 26) - assessed by the questionnaires * History of severe psychiatric comorbidities other than anxiety and depression (bipolar disorders, psychotic disorders) or substance use disorder - assessed by self-report and clinical history * Untreated severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) \> 15), restless legs syndrome (movement index with arousal \> 15 per hour) or other sleep disorders affecting night sleep - assessed by clinical judgement and clinical history * pregnancy, lactation - assessed by self-report * having a serious somatic condition or brain disorders (stroke, Parkinson's disease…) preventing further participation - assessed by self-report * Having high suicidality risk - assessed by clinical judgement, high total BDI-II score (\> 29) or score \>1 on a BDI-II of suicidality subscale
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kuzbass clinical veterans hospital
Kemerovo, Russia
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Sleep medicine department, University clinical hospital 3, I.M.Sechenov First Moscow Medical University
Moscow, Moscow, 119021, Russia
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Stavropol regional somnological center
Stavropol, Stavropol Kray, Russia
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