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Chronic Sleep Restriction and Driving

Chronic Sleep Restriction and Driving in Healthy Subjects or Snorers : Interindividual Vulnerability and Recovery Factors

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00560456
Acronym
PRIVASOM
Enrollment
40
Registered
2007-11-19
Start date
2007-11-01
Completion date
2009-10-01
Last updated
2026-06-01

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Conditions

Sleep Deprivation

Keywords

Age, Snoring, Driving simulator, Sleep deprivation, chronic sleep restriction, objective and subjective sleepiness

Brief summary

Young subjects and patients with nocturnal respiratory disorders are frequently involved in sleep-related accidents. This study assess the impact of chronic sleep restriction (4 hr of sleep during 5 days) or total sleep deprivation in young or mature healthy subjects or snorers on simulated driving, objective and subjective sleepiness and objective and subjective cognitive performances. The effects of recovery night on these parameters are also assessed.

Detailed description

Principal objective : To determine whether chronic sleep restriction affects more snorers driving performances than healthy subjects' driving performances. To determine whether chronic sleep restriction affects more young people driving performances than mature subjects' driving performances. Secondary objective : To determine whether chronic sleep restriction affects more snorers reaction time performance and sleepiness than non snorers subjects'. To determine whether chronic sleep restriction affects more young people reaction time performance and sleepiness than mature subjects'. To determine how age and snoring intensity affects the degradation of performance over the 5 days of sleep deprivation. To determine age-related changes in the time course of sleepiness during 5 days of chronic sleep restriction. To compare the impact of total sleep or chronic sleep restriction on driving performances according to the age and snoring intensity. To determine recovery facilities to chronic sleep restriction according to the age and snoring intensity. Study plan : G2: Group of subjects: * patients * controls B1: Baseline normal night: One night of normal sleep A2: Acute sleep deprivation: Night 1: night of total sleep deprivation Night 2: night of sleep recovery C6: Chronic sleep deprivation: Night 1 to 5: nights of sleep restriction Night 6: night of sleep recovery Experimental plan : S20 \<G2\> \*B1 \* A2 \*C6

Interventions

OTHERChronic sleep restriction and driving simulator

* One night of normal sleep * Driving simulator * Night 1: night of total sleep deprivation * Night 2: night of sleep recovery * Night 1 to 5: nights of sleep restriction * Driving simulator after night 1 to 5 * Night 6: night of sleep recovery * Driving simulator

Sponsors

University Hospital, Bordeaux
Lead SponsorOTHER
PREDIT Go4
CollaboratorUNKNOWN

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
20 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

Healthy subjects inclusion criteria : * Healthy males without snoring nor subjective daytime sleepiness (Epworth \<9) * Intermediate chronotype * Hypopnea/apnea index \<5 * Periodic movement index \<5 * Sleep efficiency \> 85 % * Not taking medication modifying alertness * Mean driving distance per year 15000 km * Regular sleep-wake schedule. Snorers inclusion criteria : * Snoring males without subjective daytime sleepiness (Epworth \<9) * Intermediate chronotype * Hypopnea/apnea index \<5 * Periodic movement index \< 5 * Sleep efficiency \> 85 % * Not taking medication modifying alertness * Mean driving distance per year 15000 km * Regular sleep-wake schedule

Exclusion criteria

Healthy subjects

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Standard deviation from the centre of the road on driving simulator1 week

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Number of inappropriate line crossing on driving simulator Number of lapses assessed by SRTT 10 % of slowest reaction time Mean sleep latency at 6*20-minutes multi sleep latency test. Subjective sleepiness (Karolinska and VAS) Nocturnal PSG1 week

Countries

France

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORPierre Philip, MD

University Hospital Bordeaux, France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 2, 2026