Can a 4-Week online course tame your night terrors?
NCT ID NCT07361315
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a 4-week online course designed to help adults who experience parasomnias—unwanted sleep events like sleep terrors, sleepwalking, and nightmares. The course teaches safety planning, relaxation, and therapy techniques. Researchers will measure whether it reduces how often these events happen and how much they bother participants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- online educational course
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, accessible way for people to manage parasomnias at home without medication.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early trial with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The course is behavioral, so it may not help severe cases.
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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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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 years and older
- 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: * physician referred for parasomnia * meet criteria for parasomnia on the Structured Clinical Interview for Sleep Disorders (SCISD-R) * age \>= 18 years * parasomnia duration \>= 6 months * English reading, sighted * access to device. Exclusion Criteria: * currently taking one of Lithium, Thioridazine, Chlorpromazine, Perphenazine, Methaqualone, Amitriptyline, Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors, Serotonin and Norepinephrine Re-Uptake inhibitors, or Zopiclone * seizure or major neurological disorder * untreated sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, or narcolepsy
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Psychealth Center, University of Manitoba
RECRUITINGWinnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 3N4, Canada
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