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Type 1 DiabetesSOPTNCT04506151

Sleep Optimization to Improve Glycemic Control in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes

A study testing Sleep-Opt and Healthy Living in people with Type 1 Diabetes, run by University of Illinois at Chicago at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Up to 40% of adults with type 1 diabetes have insufficient sleep which is associated with negative health consequences including poor blood glucose control and greater diabetes complications. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Type 1 Diabetes
What is being tested?
Sleep-Opt and Healthy Living
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
144 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
19 Jan 2021to 21 Dec 2025
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 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • adults aged 18-65 years
  • clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes minimum of one year
  • reported habitual sleep variability (1 hour/week or more) or sleep duration less than 6.5 hrs/night during work- or weekdays (confirmed with actigraphy sleep watch)
  • a desire to improve sleep
  • own a smartphone

Who cannot join

  • insomnia symptoms
  • at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea
  • severe hypoglycemia episode in the past 6 months (e.g. loss of consciousness)
  • A1C greater than 10%
  • rotating shift or night shift work
  • use of sleep medications/aids
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  • renal impairment (estimated glomerular filtration rate < 45 ml/min)
  • significant current medical morbidities (such as heart failure, cirrhosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring oxygen, active treatment for cancer, depression, history of stroke with neurological deficits
  • breast feeding, pregnant, or planning pregnancy

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

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About this study

Up to 40% of adults with type 1 diabetes have insufficient sleep which is associated with negative health consequences including poor blood glucose control and greater diabetes complications. In this study, a sleep intervention (Sleep-Opt) that uses wearable sleep tracking technology, telephone coaching and informational content designed to improve sleep and glycemic control in working-age adults with type 1 diabetes. Sleep-Opt could lead to reduced development of diabetes complications and improve quality of life for adults with type 1 diabetes.

Read the detailed description

Despite improvements in treatment regimens and technology, less than 20% of adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) achieve glycemic targets. Sleep is increasingly recognized as a potentially modifiable target for improving glycemic control. Diabetes distress, poor self-management behaviors, and reduced quality of life (QoL) have also been linked to sleep variability and insufficient sleep duration. The American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes incorporated sleep as an important component of the medical evaluation in persons with diabetes. However, no specific recommendation was given as to how to improve sleep. A significant gap of knowledge exists regarding the effects of sleep optimization on glycemic control in T1D. The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of a T1D-specific sleep optimization intervention (Sleep-Opt) on the primary outcomes of sleep variability, sleep duration and glycemic control (A1C); other glycemic parameters (glycemic variability, time in range), diabetes distress, self-management behavior, QoL, and other patient reported outcomes in working-age adults with T1D and habitual increased sleep variability or short sleep duration. To achieve these aims, a randomized controlled trial is planned in 120 working age adults (18 to 65 years) with T1D. Participants will be screened for habitual sleep variability (> 1 hour/week) or insufficient sleep duration (< 6.5 hours per night). Eligible subjects will be randomized to the Sleep-Opt group or healthy living attention control group for twelve weeks. A one-week run-in period is planned, with baseline measures of sleep by actigraphy (sleep variability and duration), glycemia (A1C and related glycemic measures: glycemic variability and time in range using continuous glucose monitoring), and other secondary outcomes: diabetes distress, self-management behaviors, quality of life and additional patient-reported outcomes. Sleep-Opt is a technology-assisted behavioral sleep intervention that this study team developed that leverages the rapidly increasing public interest in sleep tracking by consumers (+500% in 3 years). The behavioral intervention employs four elements: a wearable sleep tracker, didactic content, an interactive smartphone application, and brief telephone counseling. The attention control group will participate in a healthy living information program. At midpoint (Week 6) completion (Week 12) and post-program (Week 24), baseline measures will be repeated to determine differences between the two groups and sustainability of the intervention.

Conditions
Type 1 Diabetes
Being tested
Sleep-Opt, Healthy Living
Medical subject headings
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Sleep-OptBehavioural

    12-week behavioral intervention

  • Healthy LivingBehavioural

    Healthy Living

Study groups in NCT04506151
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Sleep-OptExperimental12-week intervention that includes self-monitoring, goal setting, motivational enhancement.
Receives: Behavioral: Sleep-Opt
Healthy LivingActive comparator12-week intervention that includes weekly telephone contact, didactic content equal in time and attention to intervention group.
Receives: Behavioral: Healthy Living

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Sleep Variability Week 6

    Standard deviation total sleep time for one week

    Measured: Week 6

  2. Sleep Variability Week 12

    Standard deviation total sleep time for one week

    Measured: Week 12

  3. Sleep Variability Week 24

    Standard deviation total sleep time for one week

    Measured: Week 24

  4. Sleep Duration Week 6

    total sleep time minutes

    Measured: Weeks 6

  5. Sleep Duration Week 12

    total sleep time in minutes

    Measured: Week 12

  6. Sleep Duration Week 24

    total sleep time in minutes

    Measured: Week 24

  7. HbA1C Week 6

    Hemoglobin A1C week 6, %

    Measured: Week 6

  8. HbA1C Week 12

    HbA1c blood test

    Measured: Week 12

  9. HbA1C Week 24

    HbA1c blood test

    Measured: Week 24

Secondary outcomes (24)
  1. Diabetes Distress Week 6

    Type 1 Diabetes Distress Scale measures diabetes distress. Item mean scores calculated (sum of scores/number of items) ranges from 1-6 Higher scores indicated greater distress Unit of measure = units on a scale

    Measured: Week 6

  2. Diabetes Distress Week 12

    Type 1 Diabetes Distress Scale measures diabetes distress. Item mean scores calculated (sum of scores/number of items) ranges from 1-6 Higher scores indicated greater distress Unit of measure = units on a scale

    Measured: Week 12

  3. Diabetes Distress Week 24

    Type 1 Diabetes Distress Scale measures diabetes distress. Item mean scores calculated (sum of scores/number of items) ranges from 1-6 Higher scores indicated greater distress Unit of measure = units on a scale

    Measured: Week 24

  4. Self-management Behavior Week 6

    Diabetes Self Management Questionnaire-R (DSMQ-R) measures diabetes self-management Item mean scores calculated (sum of scores/maximum possible sum of items * 10). Ranges from 0-10. Higher numbers indicate better self-management behavior Unit of measure = units on a scale

    Measured: Week 6

  5. Self Management Behavior Week 12

    Diabetes Self Management Questionnaire-R (DSMQ-R) measures diabetes self-management Item mean scores calculated (sum of scores/maximum possible sum of items * 10). Scores ranges from 0-10. Higher numbers indicate better self-management behavior Unit of measure = units on a scale

    Measured: Week 12

  6. Self Management Behavior Week 24

    Diabetes Self Management Questionnaire-R (DSMQ-R) measures diabetes self-management Item mean scores calculated (sum of scores/maximum possible sum of items * 10). Ranges from 0-10. Higher numbers indicate better self-management behavior Unit of measure = units on a scale

    Measured: Week 24

  7. Quality of Life Week 6

    Diabetes Quality of Life scale measures quality of life Total quality of life score calculated as follows: (Raw total score - lowest possible score)/raw score range * 100. Scores range from 0-100.

    Scores are reverse coded so that higher numbers indicate better quality of life.

    Unit of measure = units on a scale

    Measured: Week 6

  8. Quality of Life Week 12

    Diabetes Quality of Life scale measures quality of life Total quality of life score calculated as follows: (Raw total score - lowest possible score)/raw score range * 100. Scores range from 0-100.

    Scores are reverse coded so that higher numbers indicate better quality of life.

    Unit of measure = units on a scale.

    Measured: Week 12

  9. Quality of Life Week 24

    Diabetes Quality of Life scale measures quality of life Total quality of life score calculated as follows: (Raw total score - lowest possible score)/raw score range * 100. Scores range from 0-100.

    Scores are reverse coded so that higher numbers indicate better quality of life.

    Unit of measure = units on a scale.

    Measured: Week 24

  10. Fatigue Week 6

    Patient Reported Outcomes Measure (PROMIS) fatigue scale score measures fatigue.

    The total score was converted to T-scores (with T-scores, 50 indicates the population mean with a standard deviation of 10). Mean T-scores were calculated. Higher scores reflect greater fatigue.

    Measured: Week 6

  11. Fatigue Week 12

    Patient Reported Outcomes Measure (PROMIS) fatigue scale score measures fatigue.

    The total score was converted to T-scores (with T-scores, 50 indicates the population mean with a standard deviation of 10). Mean T-scores were calculated. Higher scores reflect greater fatigue.

    Measured: Week 12

  12. Fatigue Week 24

    Patient Reported Outcomes Measure (PROMIS) fatigue scale score measures fatigue.

    The total score was converted to T-scores (with T-scores, 50 indicates the population mean with a standard deviation of 10). Mean T-scores were calculated. Higher scores reflect greater fatigue.

    Measured: Week 24

  13. Mood Week 6

    Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) measures depressive mood. Total summed score ranges from 0-60. Higher scores indicate greater depressive mood. Unit of measure = units on a scale.

    Measured: Week 6

  14. Mood Week 12

    Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) measures depressive mood. Total summed score ranges from 0-60. Higher scores indicate greater depressive mood. Unit of measure = units on a scale.

    Measured: Week 12

  15. Mood Week 24

    Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) measures depressive mood. Total summed score ranges from 0-60. Higher scores indicate greater depressive mood. Unit of measure = units on a scale.

    Measured: Week 24

  16. Subjective Sleep Quality Week 6

    Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) measures subjective sleep quality. Total summed score ranges 0-21. Higher score reflects poorer sleep quality. Unit of measure = units on a scale.

    Measured: Week 6

  17. Subjective Sleep Quality Week 12

    Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) measures subjective sleep quality. Total summed score ranges 0-21. Higher score reflects poorer sleep quality. Unit of measure = units on a scale.

    Measured: Week 12

  18. Subjective Sleep Quality Week 24

    Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) measures subjective sleep quality. Total summed score ranges 0-21. Higher score reflects poorer sleep quality. Unit of measure = units on a scale.

    Measured: Week 24

  19. Glycemic Variability Week 6

    Coefficient of variation (CV%), continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)-derived glucose standard deviation (SD) divided by the mean and multiplied by 100.

    Measured: Week 6

  20. Glycemic Variability Week 12

    Coefficient of variation (CV%), continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)-derived glucose standard deviation (SD) divided by the mean and multiplied by 100.

    Measured: Week 12

  21. Glycemic Variability Week 24

    Coefficient of variation (CV%), continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)-derived glucose standard deviation (SD) divided by the mean and multiplied by 100.

    Measured: Week 24

  22. Glucose Time-in-range Week 6

    Percent of time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)-derived glucose is between 70-180 mg/dL.

    Measured: Week 6

  23. Glucose Time-in-range Week 12

    Percent of time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)-derived glucose is between 70-180 mg/dL.

    Measured: Week 12

  24. Glucose Time-in-range Week 24

    Percent of time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)-derived glucose is between 70-180 mg/dL.

    Measured: Week 24

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted10 Aug 2020
  2. Study start19 Jan 2021
  3. Primary completion21 Dec 2024
  4. Study completion21 Dec 2025

Resources

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
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Sleep optimization intervention will be compared to an attention control group
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
144 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04506151
Sponsor's protocol ID
2020-0374
Other IDs
1R01DK121726
Acronym
SOPT
Status last verified
Aug 2026
First submitted
22 Jul 2020
Last updated
27 Aug 2026
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Hong SJ, Pratuangtham S, Martyn-Nemeth P, Steffen AD, Park CG, Reutrakul S. Blue Light Exposure During Sleep in Type 1 Diabetes: Impacts on Glycemic Control and Psychosocial Health. J Sleep Res. 2026 Jun 5:e70380. doi: 10.1111/jsr.70380. Online ahead of print.

    PubMed 42246173
  • Martyn-Nemeth P, Duffecy J, Quinn L, Reutrakul S, Steffen AD, Burke L, Clark Withington MH, Irsheed GA, Perez R, Park M, Saleh A, Mihailescu D, Baron KG. Sleep optimization to improve glycemic control in adults with type 1 diabetes: study protocol for a randomized controlled parallel intervention trial. Trials. 2022 Aug 19;23(1):686. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06565-6.

    PubMed 35986415

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Sleep-Opt and Healthy Living in people with Type 1 Diabetes, run by University of Illinois at Chicago 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 9 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 27 Aug 2026. 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 27 Aug 2026). 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 Variability Week 6 (time frame: Week 6). The study lists 9 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT04506151, 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 27 Aug 2026.

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