Improving Sleep Health for Asian Americans

NCT07850687 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: FY2027-119181R21MD020471-01A1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Filipino Americans are at high risk of poor sleep and its adverse health consequences. The goal of this study is to test a generative AI-powered chatbot that delivers personalized, evidence-based sleep education and guidance to Filipino Americans who experience poor sleep.

Conditions

Poor Sleep Quality; Short Sleep

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Intervention retention

  Percentage of participants who complete the 2-week sleep intervention

  From enrollment to 2-week post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (21)

• Feasibility of recruitment

  From screening to baseline

• Feasibility of study enrollment

  From screening to enrollment

• Feasibility of completing the study assessment

  From enrollment to baseline

• Feasibility of completing the study assessment

  From enrollment to 2-week post-intervention

• Intervention acceptability

  2-week post-intervention

Study Arms (1)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive access to an AI-based chatbot and engage with it via text messaging for 2 weeks.

Behavioral: Intervention Group

Interventions

Intervention Group BEHAVIORAL

Participants engage with an AI chatbot for two weeks to learn personalized education and skills regarding sleep promotion

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 30 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age 30 to 70 years
• Self-identify as having a Filipino background and reside in the United States
• Poor sleep quality, defined as a Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score ≥ 5
• Short sleep duration, defined as an average Fitbit-measured total sleep time \< 7 hours/night over 7 days
• Able to speak and read English
• Willing to engage with the chatbot via text messaging

You may not qualify if:

• Severe mental disorders, including major depressive symptoms
• Medical conditions, including cognitive impairment, that may interfere with the ability to follow study procedures
• Current participation in another lifestyle intervention
• Night-shift or rotating-shift worker
• Alcohol or substance abuse
• Use of sleep medications more than 3 times per week

Sponsors & Collaborators

• New York University: lead
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

New York University

New York, New York, 10010, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Xiaoyue Liu

  New York University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Xiaoyue Liu, PhD

CONTACT

2129925994; xl5272@nyu.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 24, 2026
• First Posted: September 30, 2026
• Study Start: October 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): February 29, 2028
• Last Updated: October 2, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)