Recruiting

Parasomnia Management

Sponsor:

University of Manitoba

Code:

NCT07361315

Conditions

Sleep Terror

Sleepwalking

Nightmare Disorder

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (iRBD)

Confusional Arousal

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Parasomnia Education

Sleep Hygiene Control

Study Details

Brief summary:

Parasomnias are unwanted events during sleep. These refer to sleep terrors, sleepwalking, sleep eating, nightmares, and movement during REM sleep. There are few systematic behavioral treatments for these problems and individuals with them often receive little education about self-management. This research examines and evaluates the effectiveness of a 4 week online course providing education and guidance about managing parasomnias. The primary outcomes are improvement in parasomnia frequency and distress. The secondary outcomes are improvements in work and social adjustment, mood, anxiety, stress level, fatigue, sleepiness, insomnia, and cognitive interference.

Conditions

Sleep Terror

Sleepwalking

Nightmare Disorder

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (iRBD)

Confusional Arousal

Study ID

NCT07361315

Start date

Nov 14, 2025

Status verified date

Oct, 2025

Completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • physician referred for parasomnia
  • meet criteria for parasomnia on the Structured Clinical Interview for Sleep Disorders (SCISD-R)
  • age >= 18 years
  • parasomnia duration >= 6 months
  • English reading, sighted
  • access to device.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • currently taking one of Lithium, Thioridazine, Chlorpromazine, Perphenazine, Methaqualone, Amitriptyline, Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors, Serotonin and Norepinephrine Re-Uptake inhibitors, or Zopiclone
  • seizure or major neurological disorder
  • untreated sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, or narcolepsy

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Sleep hygiene control

Sleep Hygiene Education

experimental: Parasomnia Education

Parasomnia Education

Interventions

Parasomnia Education

Week 1: education about types of parasomnias and their causes Week 2: safety planning, relaxation training and imagery rehearsal therapy Week 3: Lucid dreaming, imagery rehearsal therapy, scheduled awakenings Week 4: cognitive therapy, review

Sleep Hygiene Control

Week 1: safety planning Week 2: caffeine, cannabis, alcohol, nicotine Week 3: exercising, napping, eating before bed Week 4: noise, light, temperature

Primary outcome measure

  • self-reported parasomnia severity [ Time Frame: baseline, week 4, week 6 ]
  • self-reported parasomnia frequency [ Time Frame: baseline, week 4, week 6 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Cassidy Santos Research Coordinator, B.A.

1-204--891-6235csantos17@hsc.mb.ca

Norah Vincent, PhD

1-204-787-3272nvincent@hsc.mb.ca

Locations

Psychealth Center, University of Manitoba

Recruiting

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3E 3N4

More Information

Sponsor

University of Manitoba

Last update posted

Jan 23, 2026

Last verified

Oct, 2025

Keywords

  • Parasomnia course evaluation
  • online parasomnia

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Manitoba on 2026-01-23.