# Intervention for Chronic Insufficient Sleep in Young Adult Cancer Survivors

> **NIH NIH R43** · MEDIA REZ, LLC · 2020 · $400,000

## Abstract

This study aims to assess the acceptability of using router control, smart lighting, and state-of-
the-art voice-controlled virtual assistants utilizing robust voice-recognition and AI, to provide a
comprehensive, evidence-based behavioral therapy for chronic insufficient sleep in young adult
cancer survivors (YACS). We propose delivery of evidence-based behavioral sleep medicine
principles, customized to for the unique developmental and medical needs of YACS. This
innovation empowers YACS to understand their sleep behaviors that interfere with getting
sufficient sleep and to monitor their progress, including monitoring their use of devices (e.g.,
electronics) that impair sleep. The key technological components of this system include routers
that allow individual monitoring and control over time online, color-changing smart bulbs to
prevent the confusion of the brain’s internal clock, and custom software to deliver customized,
screen-free, voice-driven behavioral sleep medicine strategies for YACS in the morning and
evening (as well as sleep education on demand). The user interacts with voice recognition
through spoken voice dialogs with an internet-connected speaker instead of a computer and
keyboard and without the need for a light-emitting, distracting screen. Our custom software
enables these disparate technologies work together under a simple user interface and that
empowers YACS to make better sleep health decisions. We anticipate that the results will
demonstrate feasibility and provide data to inform a Phase II study testing efficacy through a
randomized controlled trial. This contribution is significant, because successful completion of
Phase I aims will demonstrate how this product might advance the effective implementation of
an evidence-based therapy that can scale to the growing population of YACS who are
chronically deprived of sleep.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10157461
- **Project number:** 1R43CA254637-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** MEDIA REZ, LLC
- **Principal Investigator:** Daniel J Greenberg
- **Activity code:** R43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $400,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-10 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10157461

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10157461, Intervention for Chronic Insufficient Sleep in Young Adult Cancer Survivors (1R43CA254637-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10157461. Licensed CC0.

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