Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-24 @ 11:55 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 11:55 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00229151
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine if sleep deprivation and sleep phase advancement is effective treatment of bipolar patients in a depressive phase.
Detailed Description:
Background: The onset of therapeutic action for most anti-depressive treatments is usually two weeks. During this period patients suffer from great symptomatic distress. Treatment options that are effective in this period is therefore of interest for psychiatric wards.
Aim: To explore if sleep deprivation and three days sleep phase advancement is effective treatment for inpatients with bipolar disorder in a depressive phase.
Method: A randomized controlled trial with 24 patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Patients will be randomized to treatment as usual in an psychiatric ward, or sleep deprivation and three days sleep phase advancement. Patients in the treatment as usual group will be offered treatment with sleep deprivation and sleep phase advancement after five weeks if they still meet inclusion criteria.
Study:
NCT00229151
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00229151