{{short description|Use of circadian or other rhythmic cycles of a condition's symptoms in applying therapy}} {{Redirect|Chronotherapy||Chronotherapy (sleep phase)}} {{Expand Ukrainian|topic=med|date=December 2011|Хронотерапія}}
{{Infobox interventions | Name = Chronotherapy (treatment scheduling) | Image = | Caption = | ICD10 = | ICD9 = | MeshID = D019454 | OPS301 = | OtherCodes = | HCPCSlevel2 = }} '''Chronotherapy''', also called '''chronotherapeutics'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Medical dictionary|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chronotherapy|website=Merriam-Webster|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> or '''chronotherapeutic drug delivery''',<ref name="Sajan" >{{cite journal| vauthors = Sajan J |title=Chronotherapeutics and Chronotherapeutic Drug Delivery Systems|journal=Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research|date=October 2009|volume=8|issue=5|pages=467–475|url=http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?pr09060|access-date=6 January 2017|issn=1596-5996|quote=...drug availability is timed to match rhythms of disease in order to optimize therapeutic outcomes and minimize side effects.|doi=10.4314/tjpr.v8i5.48091|doi-access=free|hdl=1807/60412|hdl-access=free}}</ref> refers to the coordination of therapeutic treatments with an individual's circadian or other rhythmic cycles. This may be done to maximize effectiveness of a specific treatment, minimize possible side effects, or both.<ref name="Dolgin">{{cite journal |last1=Dolgin |first1=Elie |title=How to ruin cancer's day |journal=Knowable Magazine |date=1 May 2018 |doi=10.1146/knowable-050118-014201 |doi-access=free |url=https://knowablemagazine.org/article/health-disease/2018/how-ruin-cancers-day |access-date=8 August 2022|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Walton">{{cite journal |last1=Walton |first1=Zandra E. |last2=Altman |first2=Brian J. |last3=Brooks |first3=Rebekah C. |last4=Dang |first4=Chi V. |title=Circadian Clock's Cancer Connections |journal=Annual Review of Cancer Biology |date=4 March 2018 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=133–153 |doi=10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-030617-050216 |s2cid=91120424 |language=en |issn=2472-3428|doi-access=free }}</ref>
In the treatment of psychiatric conditions including bipolar depression,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Benedetti F, Barbini B, Fulgosi MC, Colombo C, Dallaspezia S, Pontiggia A, Smeraldi E | title = Combined total sleep deprivation and light therapy in the treatment of drug-resistant bipolar depression: acute response and long-term remission rates | journal = The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry | volume = 66 | issue = 12 | pages = 1535–40 | date = December 2005 | doi = 10.4088/jcp.v66n1207 | pmid = 16401154 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Benedetti F, Riccaboni R, Locatelli C, Poletti S, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C | title = Rapid treatment response of suicidal symptoms to lithium, sleep deprivation, and light therapy (chronotherapeutics) in drug-resistant bipolar depression | journal = The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry | volume = 75 | issue = 2 | pages = 133–40 | date = February 2014 | pmid = 24345382 | doi = 10.4088/JCP.13m08455 }}</ref> a form of chronotherapy combining intermittent sleep deprivation and morning bright light has shown efficacy and relative tolerability in a number of controlled studies.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Benedetti F, Barbini B, Colombo C, Smeraldi E | title = Chronotherapeutics in a psychiatric ward | journal = Sleep Medicine Reviews | volume = 11 | issue = 6 | pages = 509–22 | date = December 2007 | pmid = 17689120 | doi = 10.1016/j.smrv.2007.06.004 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Benedetti F | title = Antidepressant chronotherapeutics for bipolar depression | journal = Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | pages = 401–11 | date = December 2012 | doi = 10.31887/DCNS.2012.14.4/fbenedetti | pmid = 23393416 | pmc = 3553570 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Dallaspezia S, Suzuki M, Benedetti F | title = Chronobiological Therapy for Mood Disorders | journal = Current Psychiatry Reports | volume = 17 | issue = 12 | article-number = 95 | date = December 2015 | pmid = 26478195 | doi = 10.1007/s11920-015-0633-6 | s2cid = 39961490 }}</ref>
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Category:Circadian rhythm Category:Therapy