Clinical trial NCT00767624: TRIAD - Treatment of Insomnia and Depression
Official title: Improving Depression Outcome by Adding Insomnia Therapy to Antidepressants
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
PHASE3
Conditions: Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Depression
Lead sponsor: Stanford University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Duke University
name: University of Pittsburgh
name: University of Pennsylvania
First posted: 2008-10-07
Enrollment: 150
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of the proposed three-site study is to increase the rate of full remission from major depressive disorder (MDD) at the end of 16 weeks of treatment for people who experience both major depressive disorder and insomnia.

Detailed description: Participants with major depressive disorder and insomnia who meet all study criteria will receive state-of-the-art antidepressant medications and one of two insomnia therapies. The specific therapy for insomnia will be determined by chance (like a flip of a coin), with an equal chance to receive either cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia or desensitization psychotherapy for insomnia. The study physician will select an initial antidepressant medication from a list of three possible medications . If that medication is not helpful, another medication may be tried after 8 weeks or in the event of severe side effects.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Meets criteria for Major Depressive Disorder
2. Between 18 and 75 years of age and adequately fluent in English
3. Meets criteria for an insomnia disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Women who are currently pregnant, breast-feeding, or not using a reliable birth control method.
2. People for whom the antidepressant medication(s) provided in the study is not indicated
3. People who have had minimum adequate trials of (or have not been able to tolerate) all three study medications.
4. People with uncontrolled medical conditions.
5. People with moderate or severe sleep disorders other than insomnia
6. Individuals on a fixed night shift or rotating work schedule that requires a night shift.
7. Patients with a current principal diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder that necessitates treatment that is not offered in the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Percent of Participants With Depression Remission
timeFrame: 16 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Percentage of Participants in Insomnia Remission
timeFrame: 16 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Stanford
country: United States
facility: Stanford University School of Medicine
state: California
city: Durham
country: United States
facility: Duke University
state: North Carolina
city: Pittsburgh
country: United States
facility: University of Pittsburgh
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
affiliation: Stanford University
name: Rachel Manber
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Asarnow LD, Bei B, Krystal A, Buysse DJ, Thase ME, Edinger JD, Manber R. Circadian Preference as a Moderator of Depression Outcome Following Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Antidepressant Medications: A Report From the TRIAD Study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019 Apr 15;15(4):573-580. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.7716.
citation: Bei B, Asarnow LD, Krystal A, Edinger JD, Buysse DJ, Manber R. Treating insomnia in depression: Insomnia related factors predict long-term depression trajectories. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2018 Mar;86(3):282-293. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000282.
citation: Manber R, Buysse DJ, Edinger J, Krystal A, Luther JF, Wisniewski SR, Trockel M, Kraemer HC, Thase ME. Efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Combined With Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy in Patients With Comorbid Depression and Insomnia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2016 Oct;77(10):e1316-e1323. doi: 10.4088/JCP.15m10244.