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Sleep TO Prevent Post-surgical Pain

Description

This research study is being done to compare different methods of addressing sleep problems before total knee replacement surgery. These methods include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and light exposure.

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthristis
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Knee Osteoarthristis

Study Overview

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Study Details

Study overview

This research study is being done to compare different methods of addressing sleep problems before total knee replacement surgery. These methods include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and light exposure.

Sleep TO Prevent Post-surgical Pain

Sleep TO Prevent Post-surgical Pain

Condition
Knee Osteoarthristis
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224

Chestnut Hill

Mass General Brigham, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States, 02467

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • * People with knee osteoarthritis,
  • * 60 years old and older,
  • * scheduled to have unilateral (one knee) total knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis and
  • * have trouble falling or staying asleep
  • * currently using medications to help sleep
  • * have completed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
  • * used either Bright Light or Negative Ion exposures in the past year
  • * have an inflammatory rheumatologic disorder, seizure disorder
  • * serious mental health disorder, Bipolar I disorder, substance or alcohol use disorder
  • * serious sleep or circadian rhythm disorder, untreated sleep apnea
  • * are pregnant or lactating
  • * have retinal pathology
  • * history of eye surgery (Lasik or cataract okay if more than 3 months ago)
  • * are taking disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
  • * taking photosensitizing medications
  • * are unwilling to discontinue over the counter sleep aids (for example, melatonin) for at least 2 weeks before enrolling

Ages Eligible for Study

60 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins University,

Michael T Smith, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins University

Helen Burgess, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Michigan

Robert R Edwards, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Record Dates

2029-07-31