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Project Women's Insomnia Sleep Health Equity Study (WISHES)
Eligible age
18–70 yrs
Accepts
Women
Locations
1 state
Healthy volunteers
No
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About this study
The purpose of this study is to achieve health and healthcare equity by implementing an equity-focused, mindfulness-based sleep intervention to reduce stress and sleep deficiency-related cardiometabolic disease burden in Black women.
Sponsor: Yale University
You may qualify if…
- ✓ self-identified Black women
- ✓ English speaking
- ✓ meet ICSD3 diagnostic criteria for insomnia disorders, defined as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep that occurs despite adequate opportunity to sleep with at least one associated daytime impairment symptom (ISI \> 7)
- ✓ additional quantitative insomnia criteria based on research recommendations and the new ICSD3: (a) severity of sleep onset latency or wake time after sleep onset of ≥31 min, (b) occurring ≥3 nights a week, and (c) for ≥ 3 months.
You may not qualify if…
- ✕ Psychosis or unstable/significant depression, anxiety, or substance abuse under active care (more than 1 monthly mental healthcare visit or requiring more than 1 psychotropic medicine daily)
- ✕ significant current practice of any form of meditation (\>15min per day)
- ✕ obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), restless legs syndrome (RLS), or circadian rhythm related condition (shift worker, use of medication that influence circadian rhythm, e.g., Parkinson's disease)
- ✕ active or terminal cancer.
Where it's recruiting
Connecticut
New Haven · West Haven
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT06348082 · last updated 2026-02-19