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Trial reportJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2026

Nurse-delivered brief behavioral treatment for insomnia in cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial.

Suzanne S Dickerson, Misol Kwon, Gregory E Wilding, Jingtao Zhu

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03810365 (Efficacy of Nurse-Delivered Brief Behavioral Treatment to Self-Manage Insomnia in Cancer Survivors), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Efficacy of Nurse-Delivered Brief Behavioral Treatment to Self-Manage Insomnia in Cancer Survivors

TypeinterventionalSponsorState University of New York at BuffaloRan2019 to 2023Enrolled132ConditionsChronic InsomniaArmsBrief behavioral treatment for insomnia, Healthy Eating Control
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Suzanne S DickersonUniversity at Buffalo School of Nursing, The State University of New York, 301E Wende Hall, 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA. sdickers@buffalo.edu.
Misol KwonUniversity at Buffalo School of Nursing, The State University of New York, 301E Wende Hall, 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.
Gregory E WildingDepartment of Biostatistics, University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Jingtao ZhuDepartment of Biostatistics, University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.

Funding

Training in Sleep & Sleep DisordersT32HL007953 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI David Menassah Raizen, AMY M SAWYER · 2000 to 2026
$10.6M
Efficacy of Nurse-Delivered Brief Behavioral Treatment to Self-Manage Insomnia in Cancer SurvivorsR01NR018215 · NINR · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI DICKERSON, SUZANNE S. · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL07953NIH HHS R01 NR018215NINR NIH HHS R01 NR018215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo determine the efficacy of nurse-delivered brief behavioral treatment for insomnia (BBTI) compared to an attention control, in a heterogeneous sample of cancer survivors to reduce insomnia symptom severity.

methodsWe recruited 132 participants from cancer care clinics, who had an Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) score ≥ 8. Participants were randomized into two groups: an experimental BBTI group and a healthy eating attention control group. Demographics survey at baseline, and sleep-related questionnaires, self-reported sleep diaries, and wrist-worn actigraphy at baseline, 1, 3, and 12 months were collected. Statistical analyses used analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) models with two-sided 0.05 nominal significance level for treatment effect for primary outcome of insomnia severity at 1 month.

resultsParticipants were cancer survivors with a mean age of 63.7 years, 55% female, 88.6% white, with breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung cancer. Statistically significant group differences were observed at all time points for ISI and sleep quality (ISI effect sizes 0.56, 0.59, and 0.54 respectively). Additionally, at 1 month, those in insomnia remission (ISI ≤ 8) were higher for the BBTI (55.1%) compared to the control group (43.3%). Secondary outcomes from sleep diary measures (i.e., sleep efficiency, sleep onset latency, wake after sleep onset) were significant at 1 month.

conclusionThe BBTI group was significantly effective in reducing insomnia severity and improving sleep quality over time compared to the control among cancer survivors. CLINICAL

trial registrationClinical trials identifier: http://ClinicalTrials.gov , NCT03810365. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Implementing BBTI in survivorship settings can effectively address and manage insomnia symptoms, thus bridging a crucial gap in care for cancer survivors.

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Behavior TherapyCancer SurvivorsNeoplasmsSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeBrief behavioral treatment for insomniaCancer survivorsInsomniaLongitudinal studyRandomized controlled trialSleep intervention

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PMID39589721
PMCPMC12970109

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