Poor Quality SleepSleepTrack2NCT02783027
The SleepTrackTXT2 Randomized Trial With Air-medical Personnel
A study testing SleepTrackTXT2 in people with Poor Quality Sleep and Fatigue, run by University of Pittsburgh at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The overarching goal of this proposal is to address the MedEvac foundation priority of educational techniques and technologies and improve Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) safety by determining if overall sleep quality and intra-shift fatigue of HEMS clinicians can be improved with real-time assessment and… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 100 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Poor Quality Sleep, Fatigue
- What is being tested?
- SleepTrackTXT2
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 83 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Jun 2016to Oct 2017
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 100 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 18 years of age and older
- working clinically at a study site
- currently working in shifts
- has a smart phone and
- willing to take part in a research study that requires the sending and receiving of multiple text messages daily over 4-months
Who cannot join
- does not meet inclusion criteria
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center / STAT MedEvac
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261
About this study
Official title: Real-time Fatigue Mitigation With Air-medical Personnel: The SleepTrackTXT2 Randomized Trial
The overarching goal of this proposal is to address the MedEvac foundation priority of educational techniques and technologies and improve Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) safety by determining if overall sleep quality and intra-shift fatigue of HEMS clinicians can be improved with real-time assessment and intervention.
Aim 1: To determine the short-term impact of an enhanced SleepTrackTXT intervention on HEMS clinician fatigue reported in real-time during and at the end of shift work.
Aim 2: To determine the long-term impact of the SleepTrackTXT intervention on sleep quality and sleep health indicators including hours of sleep and recovery between shift work.
Read the detailed description
The investigators will examine short term impact by examining self-reported fatigue captured at the start, during, and end of scheduled shifts.
The investigators will determine longer-term impact on sleep quality by comparing scores on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) taken at baseline and then again at 4 months.
- Conditions
- Poor Quality Sleep, Fatigue
- Being tested
- SleepTrackTXT2
- Medical subject headings
- Fatigue
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
SleepTrackTXT2Behavioural
Participants that report high levels of fatigue, sleepiness, or difficulty with concentration during shift work (intra-shift) will receive tailored text-messages promoting adoption of behaviors that can improve alertness during shift work. Participants will also receive a summary of their sleep debt once a week and suggestions for paying back sleep debt. Participants will also have access to a graphic summary of their sleep hours over previous 30-days.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| SleepTrackTXT2 | Experimental | Participants will receive text-message based assessment during shift work (intra-shift) and between shifts (inter-shift). Participants in the experimental group that report high levels of fatigue, sleepiness, or difficulty with concentration during shift work (intra-shift) will receive tailored text-messages promoting adoption of behaviors that can improve alertness. Participants will also receive a summary of their sleep debt once a week and suggestions for paying back sleep debt. Participants will also have access to a graphic summary of their sleep hours over previous 30-days. Receives: Behavioral: SleepTrackTXT2 |
| Text-Message Assessments Only | No intervention | Participants in the non-intervention group/arm will receive text-message based assessment during shift work (intra-shift) and between shifts (inter-shift). The inter-shift assessments will query the participant about his/her sleep hours, fatigue, sleepiness, and difficulty with concentration. No intervention messages sent to this group/arm. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Sleep Quality
Measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); Scores range from 0 to 21. Higher scores indicate poorer sleep quality. Scores >6 indicate poor sleep quality.
Measured: 4 months
Secondary outcomes (4)
Fatigue During Shiftwork
Single item measure of fatigue taken at beginning, every 4-hours, and at the end of shifts. Scores range from 0 (Not at all) to 5 (Very much); higher scores indicate more fatigue.
Measured: Every 4 hours up to 12 hours within work shifts
Sleepiness During Shiftwork
Single item measure of sleepiness taken at beginning, every 4-hours, and at the end of shifts. Scores range from 0 (Not at all) to 5 (Very much). Higher scores indicate more sleepiness.
Measured: Every 4 hours up to 12 hours within a work shift
Difficulty With Concentration During Shiftwork
Single item measure of difficulty with concentration taken at beginning, every 4-hours, and at the end of shifts. Scores range from 0 (Not at all) to 5 (Very much). Higher scores indicate more difficulty with concentration.
Measured: Every 4 hours up to 12 hours at end of work shift
Inter-Shift Recovery
The Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery Scale Inter-shift Recovery Subscale. Scores range from 0 to 100. Scores 50-100 imply moderate to high recovery.
Measured: 4 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted26 May 2016 (estimated)
- Study startJun 2016
- Primary completionAug 2017
- Study completionOct 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Poor Quality SleepStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of PittsburghThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 83 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Daniel Patterson, PhD, NRP, University of Pittsburgh
- Investigators
- Daniel Patterson, PhD, Principal investigator, University of Pittsburgh
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02783027
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- PRO16030345
- Acronym
- SleepTrack2
- Status last verified
- Dec 2019
- First submitted
- 23 May 2016
- Last updated
- 26 Dec 2019
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- Individual data sharing
- No: Do not plan to share data unless required by the MedEvac Foundation
Publications
Patterson PD, Moore CG, Guyette FX, Doman JM, Sequeira D, Werman HA, Swanson D, Hostler D, Lynch J, Russo L, Hines L, Swecker K, Runyon MS, Buysse DJ. Fatigue mitigation with SleepTrackTXT2 in air medical emergency care systems: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017 Jun 5;18(1):254. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-1999-z.
PubMed 28583143Patterson PD, Moore CG, Guyette FX, Doman JM, Weaver MD, Sequeira DJ, Werman HA, Swanson D, Hostler D, Lynch J, Russo L, Hines L, Swecker K, Kroemer AJ, Runyon MS, Buysse DJ. Real-Time Fatigue Mitigation with Air-Medical Personnel: The SleepTrackTXT2 Randomized Trial. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2019 Jul-Aug;23(4):465-478. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2018.1532476. Epub 2018 Oct 29.
PubMed 30285519
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Dec 2019. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Real-time Fatigue Mitigation With Air-medical Personnel: The SleepTrackTXT2 Randomized Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02783027
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SleepTrack2 / PRO16030345
- Conditions
- Poor Quality Sleep, Fatigue
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 83 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of PittsburghUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Jun 2016 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Aug 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- Oct 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 26 May 2016 (estimated)
- Results
- Posted 26 Dec 2019
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The overarching goal of this proposal is to address the MedEvac foundation priority of educational techniques and technologies and improve Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) safety by determining if overall sleep quality and intra-shift fatigue of HEMS clinicians can be improved with real-time assessment and intervention.
Aim 1: To determine the short-term impact of an enhanced SleepTrackTXT intervention on HEMS clinician fatigue reported in real-time during and at the end of shift work.
Aim 2: To determine the long-term impact of the SleepTrackTXT intervention on sleep quality and sleep health indicators including hours of sleep and recovery between shift work.
Detailed description
The investigators will examine short term impact by examining self-reported fatigue captured at the start, during, and end of scheduled shifts.
The investigators will determine longer-term impact on sleep quality by comparing scores on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) taken at baseline and then again at 4 months.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| SleepTrackTXT2 | Experimental | Behavioral: SleepTrackTXT2Participants will receive text-message based assessment during shift work (intra-shift) and between shifts (inter-shift). Participants in the experimental group that report high levels of fatigue, sleepiness, or difficulty with concentration during shift work (intra-shift) will receive tailored text-messages promoting adoption of behaviors that can improve alertness. Participants will also receive a summary of their sleep debt once a week and suggestions for paying back sleep debt. Participants will also have access to a graphic summary of their sleep hours over previous 30-days. |
| Text-Message Assessments Only | No intervention | –Participants in the non-intervention group/arm will receive text-message based assessment during shift work (intra-shift) and between shifts (inter-shift). The inter-shift assessments will query the participant about his/her sleep hours, fatigue, sleepiness, and difficulty with concentration. No intervention messages sent to this group/arm. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 100 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- 18 years of age and older
- working clinically at a study site
- currently working in shifts
- has a smart phone and
- willing to take part in a research study that requires the sending and receiving of multiple text messages daily over 4-months
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- does not meet inclusion criteria
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| SleepTrackTXT2Participants that report high levels of fatigue, sleepiness, or difficulty with concentration during shift work (intra-shift) will receive tailored text-messages promoting adoption of behaviors that can improve alertness during shift work. Participants will also receive a summary of their sleep debt once a week and suggestions for paying back sleep debt. Participants will also have access to a graphic summary of their sleep hours over previous 30-days. | Behavioural | SleepTrackTXT2 |
Primary outcome
Sleep Quality
Time frame: 4 months
Measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); Scores range from 0 to 21. Higher scores indicate poorer sleep quality. Scores >6 indicate poor sleep quality.
4 secondary outcomes
Fatigue During Shiftwork
Time frame: Every 4 hours up to 12 hours within work shifts
Sleepiness During Shiftwork
Time frame: Every 4 hours up to 12 hours within a work shift
Difficulty With Concentration During Shiftwork
Time frame: Every 4 hours up to 12 hours at end of work shift
Inter-Shift Recovery
Time frame: 4 months
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Dec 2019.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Background: PubMed 28583143Patterson PD, Moore CG, Guyette FX, Doman JM, Sequeira D, Werman HA, Swanson D, Hostler D, Lynch J, Russo L, Hines L, Swecker K, Runyon MS, Buysse DJ. Fatigue mitigation with SleepTrackTXT2 in air medical emergency care systems: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017 Jun 5;18(1):254. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-1999-z.
- Results publication: PubMed 30285519Patterson PD, Moore CG, Guyette FX, Doman JM, Weaver MD, Sequeira DJ, Werman HA, Swanson D, Hostler D, Lynch J, Russo L, Hines L, Swecker K, Kroemer AJ, Runyon MS, Buysse DJ. Real-Time Fatigue Mitigation with Air-Medical Personnel: The SleepTrackTXT2 Randomized Trial. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2019 Jul-Aug;23(4):465-478. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2018.1532476. Epub 2018 Oct 29.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. Do not plan to share data unless required by the MedEvac Foundation
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Daniel Patterson, PhD principal investigator
University of Pittsburgh
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing SleepTrackTXT2 in people with Poor Quality Sleep and Fatigue, run by University of Pittsburgh at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Dec 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 26 Dec 2019). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Sleep Quality (time frame: 4 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02783027, which also lists 2 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Dec 2019; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.