The Study in Outpatient Medicine Using Nudges to Improve Sleep
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Official title
The Study in Outpatient Medicine Using Nudges to Improve Sleep: The SOMNUS Trial
Brief summary
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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if electronic health record (EHR) nudges (changes to the EHR that do not restrict freedom of choice or alter incentives) can reduce Z-drug prescribing in primary care clinics for patients with insomnia. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Can Z-drug prescribing be reduced by setting the dispense quantity default of new Z-drug orders in the EHR to 10 pills with 0 refills? 2. Can Z-drug prescribing be reduced by an EHR alert that suggests clinicians remove a Z-drug and/or add an evidence-based behavioral treatment for insomnia, followed by a request to justify their reasoning if the suggestion is not followed? 3. Does combining these two nudges reduce Z-drug prescribing? Researchers will compare each nudge individually and in combination to an guideline education control group to see if each nudge (separately and in combination) can reduce Z-drug prescribing. Clinician-participants will: 1. Complete an introductory educational module about treating insomnia and relevant EHR changes. 2. Complete their routine patient visits. 3. Either experience EHR changes when prescribing Z-drugs, including a Z-drug dispense quantity default of 10 pills for new orders, a prompt to remove or justify Z-drug orders, both, or neither.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT06640023
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 444 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Z-drug Default Quantity Behavioral
- Redirection + Accountable Justification Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 19, 2024
- Primary completion
- May 31, 2027
- Completion
- May 31, 2027
- Last update posted
- Jun 25, 2026
2024 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Medicine | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
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