Research
Kelowna Sleep Clinic Research Division
We are excited to announce that the Sleep Health Institute has recently expanded to include a Clinical Research Division to develop and oversee research study opportunities and build strategic partnerships with academic institutions, hospitals, clinical research organizations and pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies.
Research at Kelowna Sleep Clinic has the following advantages:
- Experienced Medical Director, Clinical Research Manager, highly trained staff including registered polysomnography technologists, nurses, and patient coordinators
- Multiple site locations through the Interior of BC including clinics in Penticton, Kelowna, Vernon, Salmon Arm and Kamloops with 12 modern, state of the art PSG beds
- Provider of comprehensive sleep disorder diagnostic and treatment services, equipped to manage all of the more than 30 sleep disorders
- Internal database of over 22,000 patients
- Experience conducting clinical drug trials with pharmaceutical companies
- Dedication to improving sleep health through collaboration, innovation, and strategic partnerships
| Recently Completed Research | Current Research |
|---|---|
| Idorsia Insomnia Study – Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of ACT-541468 in Adult and Elderly Subjects Suffering from Difficulties to Sleep | Development of Brief Behavioral Therapy Program for Insomnia for Primary Care |
| Flamel Narcolepsy Study – Once-Nightly Sodium Oxybate for Treatment of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Cataplexy in Narcolepsy | Development of Sleep Disorders Diagnostic Tool |
| Lemborexant Insomnia Study - Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Lemborexant in Subjects 55 Years and Older with Insomnia Disorder | Development/Validation of the Online Sleep Disorder Questionnaire |
| Alzheimer’s Study - Exploratory Case-Controlled, Longitudinal Biomarker Study in subjects with Alzheimer’s disease or Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia and Untreated Matched Controls | More studies coming soon |
Patient Research Study Participants:
Check back soon as we will update this site as new studies come available!
To learn more about clinical trials from the patient perspective, click here: N2- Network of Networks.
Research conducted at the Kelowna Sleep Clinic is in compliance with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) Guidance E6: Good Clinical Practice (GCP): Consolidated Guideline.
For more information, please contact kara@kelownasleepclinic.ca