The goal of the 40Winks study is to evaluate and improve methods of measuring sleep at home, which may help inform the development of diagnostics and treatments that are user-friendly, cost-effective, and reliable.
How It Works
- Participants will be provided a wearable wrist device (Fitbit) and a bed sensor (Withings) which will be placed under your mattress.
- With your iPhone, you’ll download the study app and use it to complete a sleep diary.
- Over the course of two weeks, you’ll track, monitor, and share your sleep data via these devices.
- Participants will be compensated up to $150 for their time contributing to the study.
Why Participate
- Your participation can help determine the best use of new technologies to measure sleep at home. These technologies may be used in the future to help improve the sleep of people suffering from brain disorders.
- Using a sleep activity dashboard, you’ll gain a better understanding of your sleep patterns by tracking and reviewing your own sleep data.
Eligibility Overview
- Healthy adult volunteers, or adults self-reporting insomnia
- Willing to participate for two weeks
- Male or female, 18-77 years of age, inclusive
- Participants need a reliable connection to the internet and must be willing to use their own iPhone as prescribed
About the Study Sponsor
Cohen Veterans Bioscience is a non-profit 501(c)(3) biomedical research and technology organization dedicated to advancing brain health by fast-tracking precision diagnostics and tailored therapeutics.
Learn More About Clinical Trial Participation Opportunities
There are many different ways to find out about clinical research opportunities that might be of interest to you. Many doctors offices have brochures or advertisements about studies they are conducting or someone in their practice or hospital are conducting. A local study site might advertise on the radio or on the internet about their study. The sponsor of a study may have a website dedicated to informing people about the study. These websites may allow you to see if there is a study site near you.
Many patient advocacy groups also list available clinical studies on their websites. And finally, as all clinical studies of new treatments are required to be listed on a national registry, you can also search for your area of interest and “recruiting” or “not yet recruiting” at ClinicalTrials.gov.
Cohen Veterans Bioscience has several studies that are ongoing or about to start that you may be interested in learning more about.
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The study is being conducted at three sites, the University of Virginia, the University of Utah, and Baylor College of Medicine.
40Winks is a CVB-sponsored study that is helping us build a platform for conducting trials virtually. Participants will be screened and enrolled through the study web portal and, if they qualify, will receive two wearable and home sensor devices in the mail to use for two weeks. During this time, we will research if this approach and method can be used to measure people’s health in their home environment, without having to travel to a study site.
40Winks will start enrolling in early 2023.
This study will evaluate whether sleep data from a wearable device can provide more accurate information about the patient’s sleep habits and patterns than the patient’s memory recall. It will also evaluate whether having this information improves the clinician-patient CBTi session for better treatment outcomes.
This study will begin in early 2023 and link to the enrollment site will be added at that time.
This study is for both health volunteers interested in clinical research and those with PTSD, mTBI or concussion, depression, or insomnia who are looking for the next opportunity to join a new treatment trial or want to contribute their data to gain a better understanding of their condition.
The registry will being asking for volunteers in mid-2023 and an active link for more information will be added here at that time.
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Interested in joining on of our studies or getting more information? Feel free to reach out to us today.
