Autopsy report · NCT00427323

Light Exposure to Treat Sleep Disruption in Older People

“recruitment has been put on hold until a future date”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 7 months after it had already started.
• Suspended: paused, and may or may not restart.
• 60 participants planned (an estimate, not an actual count).

Vital statistics

Status

Suspended

Phase

Na

Sponsor

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Sponsor type

US National Institutes of Health

Conditions

Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders; Hypersomnia

Interventions

light exposure

Participants

60 (planned, not actual)

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.