Hot FlashesRESTNCT03937466
Reducing the Experience of Menopausal Symptoms Through Temperature
A study testing Cooling mattress pad in people with Hot Flashes and Menopause, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The purposes of this study are to obtain preliminary evidence on the efficacy of a cooling mattress pad in reducing subjective hot flashes for peri and postmenopausal women experiencing menopausal hot flashes, and to obtain preliminary evidence on the efficacy of a cooling mattress pad for improving sleep for peri and… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 45 to 60 years, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Hot Flashes, Menopause
- What is being tested?
- Cooling mattress pad
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 38 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 30 Jul 2019to 4 Jun 2021
- 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 45 to 60 years
- Women only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Women aged 45-60
- Peri or postmenopausal women (No periods for at least 3 months)
- Experiencing at least 4 hot flashes per day on average per week
Who cannot join
- Initiated CAM or non-CAM treatments for hot flashes in the last 4 weeks.
- Changed dose of a CAM or non-CAM treatments for hot flashes in the last 4 weeks
- Initiated antidepressants in the last 3 months.
- Changed their dose of an antidepressant in the last 3 months.
- Women who describe their health as fair or poor.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157
About this study
Official title: Reducing the Experience of Menopausal Symptoms Through Temperature (REST)
The purposes of this study are to obtain preliminary evidence on the efficacy of a cooling mattress pad in reducing subjective hot flashes for peri and postmenopausal women experiencing menopausal hot flashes, and to obtain preliminary evidence on the efficacy of a cooling mattress pad for improving sleep for peri and postmenopausal women experiencing menopausal hot flashes.
Read the detailed description
Women will be recruited from the community through flyers. They will call into a study phone line at which time they will be screened for their initial eligibility using a telephone screener. Women who are eligible and willing to participate, will either come to the Research Center in Winston-Salem to be consented and complete baseline questionnaires or complete these by mail or email. After two weeks, women will mail back their diaries and continue to record their daily hot flashes until they are notified by study staff of their eligibility, within a week of receiving the diary. If they qualify, a cooling mattress pad will be provided by study staff to be used for the duration of the intervention phase for approximately 8 weeks. The study staff will determine the efficacy of the cooling mattress pad through comparing answers to subject questionnaires at baseline and follow up in addition to comparing the baseline diaries to the intervention diaries.
- Conditions
- Hot Flashes, Menopause
- Being tested
- Cooling mattress pad
- Keywords
- hot flashes, menopause, cooling mattress pad
- Medical subject headings
- Hot Flashes
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Cooling mattress padDevice
The cooling mattress pad is a commercially available pad designed to be placed between the top of a mattress and bed sheets. It allows for precise temperature regulation in one's bed.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental Cooling Mattress Pad | Experimental | Subjects will use a cooling mattress pad nightly for approximately 8 weeks Receives: Device: Cooling mattress pad |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Hot Flash Diary
Daily diary in which subjects will record the number of daily hot flashes and/or night sweats; reported as mean weekly number.
Measured: baseline
Hot Flash Diary
Daily diary in which subjects will record the number of daily hot flashes and/or night sweats; reported as mean weekly number.
Measured: Week 10
Hot Flash Severity Index Score
The hot flash severity index score is a weighted total that combines number of hot flashes and severity using a 4- point severity scale from 1= mild to 4= very severe for each hot flash. Severity is calculated by multiplying the number of hot flashes by each level of severity. For example, 5 mild hot flashes would create a score of 5 and 3 very severe hot flashes would have a score of 12.
Measured: baseline
Hot Flash Severity Index Score
The hot flash severity index score is a weighted total that combines number of hot flashes and severity using a 4- point severity scale from 1= mild to 4= very severe for each hot flash. Severity is calculated by multiplying the number of hot flashes by each level of severity. For example, 5 mild hot flashes would create a score of 5 and 3 very severe hot flashes would have a score of 12.
Measured: Week 10
Secondary outcomes (2)
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Questionnaire that assesses the subjects' quality of sleep through their answers to 19 questions on sleep quality. The global score ranges from 0 to 16 with a score >5 indicating poor sleep quality.
Measured: baseline
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Questionnaire that assesses the subjects' quality of sleep through their answers to 19 questions on sleep quality. The global score ranges from 0 to 16 with a score >5 indicating poor sleep quality
Measured: Week 10
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted3 May 2019
- Study start30 Jul 2019
- Primary completion4 Jun 2021
- Study completion4 Jun 2021
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.
- Other trials for Hot FlashesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Wake Forest University Health SciencesThe 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
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- 24 peri or postmenopausal women aged 45-60 experiencing at least 4 hot flashes/night sweats/day will use a cooling mattress pad nightly for approximately 8 weeks
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 38 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Nancy E Avis, PhD, Principal investigator, Wake Forest University Health Sciences
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03937466
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- IRB00057388
- Acronym
- REST
- Status last verified
- Jun 2022
- First submitted
- 1 May 2019
- Last updated
- 29 Jun 2022
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- Yes
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 29 Jun 2022. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Reducing the Experience of Menopausal Symptoms Through Temperature (REST)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03937466
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- REST / IRB00057388
- Conditions
- Hot Flashes, Menopause
- Keywords
- hot flashes, menopause, cooling mattress pad
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 38 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 30 Jul 2019 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 4 Jun 2021 (actual)
- Study completion
- 4 Jun 2021 (actual)
- First posted
- 3 May 2019 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 29 Jun 2022
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purposes of this study are to obtain preliminary evidence on the efficacy of a cooling mattress pad in reducing subjective hot flashes for peri and postmenopausal women experiencing menopausal hot flashes, and to obtain preliminary evidence on the efficacy of a cooling mattress pad for improving sleep for peri and postmenopausal women experiencing menopausal hot flashes.
Detailed description
Women will be recruited from the community through flyers. They will call into a study phone line at which time they will be screened for their initial eligibility using a telephone screener. Women who are eligible and willing to participate, will either come to the Research Center in Winston-Salem to be consented and complete baseline questionnaires or complete these by mail or email. After two weeks, women will mail back their diaries and continue to record their daily hot flashes until they are notified by study staff of their eligibility, within a week of receiving the diary. If they qualify, a cooling mattress pad will be provided by study staff to be used for the duration of the intervention phase for approximately 8 weeks. The study staff will determine the efficacy of the cooling mattress pad through comparing answers to subject questionnaires at baseline and follow up in addition to comparing the baseline diaries to the intervention diaries.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- 24 peri or postmenopausal women aged 45-60 experiencing at least 4 hot flashes/night sweats/day will use a cooling mattress pad nightly for approximately 8 weeks
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental Cooling Mattress Pad | Experimental | Device: Cooling mattress padSubjects will use a cooling mattress pad nightly for approximately 8 weeks |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 45 to 60 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Women aged 45-60
- Peri or postmenopausal women (No periods for at least 3 months)
- Experiencing at least 4 hot flashes per day on average per week
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Initiated CAM or non-CAM treatments for hot flashes in the last 4 weeks.
- Changed dose of a CAM or non-CAM treatments for hot flashes in the last 4 weeks
- Initiated antidepressants in the last 3 months.
- Changed their dose of an antidepressant in the last 3 months.
- Women who describe their health as fair or poor.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cooling mattress padThe cooling mattress pad is a commercially available pad designed to be placed between the top of a mattress and bed sheets. It allows for precise temperature regulation in one's bed. | Device | Experimental Cooling Mattress Pad |
Primary outcome
Hot Flash Diary
Time frame: baseline
Daily diary in which subjects will record the number of daily hot flashes and/or night sweats; reported as mean weekly number.
Hot Flash Diary
Time frame: Week 10
Daily diary in which subjects will record the number of daily hot flashes and/or night sweats; reported as mean weekly number.
Hot Flash Severity Index Score
Time frame: baseline
The hot flash severity index score is a weighted total that combines number of hot flashes and severity using a 4- point severity scale from 1= mild to 4= very severe for each hot flash. Severity is calculated by multiplying the number of hot flashes by each level of severity. For example, 5 mild hot flashes would create a score of 5 and 3 very severe hot flashes would have a score of 12.
Hot Flash Severity Index Score
Time frame: Week 10
The hot flash severity index score is a weighted total that combines number of hot flashes and severity using a 4- point severity scale from 1= mild to 4= very severe for each hot flash. Severity is calculated by multiplying the number of hot flashes by each level of severity. For example, 5 mild hot flashes would create a score of 5 and 3 very severe hot flashes would have a score of 12.
2 secondary outcomes
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Time frame: baseline
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Time frame: Week 10
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 29 Jun 2022.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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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.
Nancy E Avis, PhD principal investigator
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Cooling mattress pad in people with Hot Flashes and Menopause, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences 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 3 inclusion and 5 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 29 Jun 2022. 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 29 Jun 2022). 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?
Hot Flash Diary (time frame: baseline). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 29 Jun 2022.