Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00601445
Homeostatic Sleep Regulation in Older Persons
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 58 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA) · NIH
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 85 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that sleep homeostasis, also known as sleep pressure or sleep drive, is different in healthy older and younger individuals.
Detailed description
This was an inpatient study of healthy individuals to determine whether homeostatic "sleep drive" effects on sleep change with healthy aging. Sleep, performance, and mood were studied on individuals sleeping different lengths of time and during wake periods of different durations.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Amount of sleep and wake | 4 groups with different patterns of sleep and wake |
Timeline
- Start date
- 1999-09-01
- Completion
- 2004-03-01
- First posted
- 2008-01-28
- Last updated
- 2008-05-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00601445. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.