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Auricular Acupressure for Hemodialysis Patients With Insomnia

NCT03015766 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 130

Last updated 2019-05-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Auricular acupressure therapy (AAT) has been applied in MHD patients with insomnia in recent years and yielded favorable results. However, the effect and safety of AAT for insomnia in MHD population still lacks high quality evidence. A randomized controlled clinical trial is planned to evaluate the effect and safety of AAT in MHD patients with insomnia.

Conditions

  • Insomnia Chronic

Interventions

OTHER

auricular acupressure therapy

Auricular acupressure, is a therapeutic method in which specific acupoints on the ear are stimulated to treat various disorders of the body. This practice is based on the theory that there are specific points on the auricle which correspond to major organs or systems of the body; and therapeutic effect on the corresponding target organ or system can be exerted by manipulating auricular acupoints. Auricular acupressure applies stimulation through pressure on specific acupoints by the imbedded beads, usually Semen Vaccaria (Wang Bu Liu Xing) or stainless steel beads. This therapeutic method is non-invasive and can be self-manipulated by the recipients at times required.

OTHER

sham auricular acupressure therapy

The intervention is the same as that in the experimental group only when the points are five Helix points (HX 5-9). These points are clearly remote from the inner ear area and have no evidence for insomnia treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Qizhan Lin, MD · Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-01
Primary Completion
2018-10-01
Completion
2019-05-01

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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