More Sleep: Pain Response to Longer Sleep

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05816434

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Official title

Can More Sleep Improve Pain Responses, Symptomatology, and Regulation in College Students?

Brief summary

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This study is being done to find out whether extending sleep for at least an hour per night, seven days a week, predicts a higher tolerance and a higher threshold for pain. This is a 21-day study. Participants will be asked to wear sleep- and heart- monitoring watches. Pressure pain and cold pain will be measured at study visits.

Study identification

NCT ID: NCT05816434
Recruitment status: Completed
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Lead sponsor: Penn State University; Other
Enrollment: 36 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Sleep extension Behavioral

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range: 18 Years to 24 Years
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date: Mar 18, 2024 (Actual)
Primary completion: Nov 4, 2025 (Actual)
Completion: Nov 4, 2025 (Actual)
Last update posted: Feb 2, 2026

2024 – 2025

United States locations

U.S. sites: 1
U.S. states: 1
U.S. cities: 1

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site status
Pennsylvania State University	University Park	Pennsylvania	16802	—

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