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Acupuncture Regulates Default Mode Network of Chronic Insomnia Disorder Patients : A fMRI Study

NCT03386903 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2017-12-29

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the underlying central nervous mechanisms of acupuncture treatment in chronic insomnia patients, from observation changes of gray matter and functional connectivity in the default mode network and the salience network by functional magnetic resonance imaging, and combine with clinical efficacy assessment to analyze the association between the results of imaging and behavioristic.

Conditions

  • Chronic Insomnia

Interventions

DEVICE

Ture acupuncture

Patients receive true acupuncture treatment by Zhoushi coordinated points at the "Bai-hui" (DU20), "Shen-ting" (DU24), bilateral "Ben-shen" (BG13), "Shen-men" (HT7), "San-yin-jiao" (SP6) with "Deqi" sensation. The needles are retained for 20 minutes in every course, three times per week and last for 3 months.

DEVICE

Sham acupuncture

Patients receive sham acupuncture stimulation by non-acupoint points (superficial insertion, 0.2 cun, No needle sensation (de qi) is elicited) at the bilateral mid-point between Shuaigu(GB8) and Touwei(ST8), Touwei(ST8) and Yangbai(GB14), front tibia, the junction of biceps and triceps.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Liu cun zhi, M.D · Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-28
Primary Completion
2018-12-28
Completion
2019-06-28

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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