Women were less than half of the people tested for almost all of these common medicines.

NCT01651442

Sequenced Therapies for Comorbid and Primary Insomnias

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211 people

132 womenmiddle line = equal numbers79 men
Phase
NA
Paid for by
Jack Edinger, PhD
Finished
2017-03-01
Health conditions
Insomnia Comorbid to Psychiatric Disorder, Primary Insomnia
Who could join
Anyone
Ages
21 Years – no maximum
Average age
mean 45.6 years
Age 65+
Not reported
Weight (BMI)
Not reported
Pregnancy recorded
Not reported
Menopause recorded
Not reported
Results shown by sex
Not split by sex
Race
White 85.4% · Black / African American 6.4% · Hispanic / Latina 5.5% · Other 2.7%

Women left out

  • No mental health conditions

    Women with depression, bipolar disorder or other mental health conditions were turned away.

    “an untreated psychiatric disorder (e.g., major depression) as these conditions have specific treatments and it would be inappropriate not to offer those treatments;”
  • No cancer

    Women with current or past cancer were turned away.

    “terminal or progressive physical illness (e.g., cancer, COPD), or neurological degenerative disease (e.g., dementia);”

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