Can a stressful drive reveal the secrets of insomnia?
NCT ID NCT02591303
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at how stress and insomnia are connected. Researchers used driving simulations with stressful events to measure emotional reactions and sleep patterns in 15 women with and without insomnia. The goal is to understand how stress affects sleep and vice versa, which could help prevent short-term sleep problems from becoming chronic insomnia.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help explain how short-term sleep problems turn into chronic insomnia, leading to better prevention and personalized treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study with only 15 women, so results may not apply to everyone. It is designed to gather knowledge, not test a treatment.
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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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15 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2015
- Finished
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Sep 2016
- 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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20 to 50 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Insomnia group: patients with insomnia (DSM-V criteria): sleep complaints, of more than 3 nights a week, more than 3 months, affected daytime functioning * Control group: no self-reported sleep problems * 20-50 years old * Female * Having given written informed consent to participate in the research project * Driving license Exclusion Criteria: * Night and shift-workers, * Psychiatric disorder: clinical mood disorder, anxiety disorder, psychosis, bipolar disorder, * For insomnia group: all sleep disorders other than persistent insomnia, * For control group: all sleep disorders * Progressive neurological diseases that include restless legs syndrome, * Cardiovascular disease other than treated hypertension, * Unstable respiratory or endocrinological diseases, * Reporting symptoms of menopause and/or taking hormone replacement therapy for menopause symptoms, * Drug addiction, alcohol addiction during the previous 6 months (smoking is allowed), * Having undertaken trans-meridian travel (± 3H) in the previous 1 month, * Pregnant or lactating women. * Chronic pain. * Having simulator-sickness during the first practice session * Hypnotic and psychotropic medication taking or stopped less than 5 half-life periods of molecules before screening V0. * A change in skin conductance of less than 0.05 microSiemens after an auditory stimulus. * Left-handedness * Patient participating to any other interventional study
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, 33000, France
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