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Insomnia Treated by Traditional Chinese Medicine and Its Circadian Rhythm

NCT04448197 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2021-08-24

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Summary

Insomnia and sleep disorders are prominent health problems in modern society. High working pressure, fast pace of life, the use of electronic products and other reasons lead to the high incidence of insomnia and sleep disorders, which affect people's physical and mental health seriously, long-term insomnia will increase the risk of various health problems, and may even lead to malignant accidents. There are few effective methods to treat insomnia or sleep disorders, only part of the problem can be solved by sleeping pills and psychotherapy. However, drug therapy has side effects such as drowsiness on the next day, ataxia, anterograde amnesia and so on, and long-term application is addictive. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has certain characteristics and advantages in the treatment of insomnia, but there is lack of evidence in clinical research that meets the requirements of modern evidence-based medicine, to prove the exact efficacy and safety of TCM in the treatment of insomnia. In addition, the research shows that the internal biological clock cycle of normal human body is 24-hour, insomnia may be related to biological clock gene. In this study, the outpatients with insomnia were taken as the research object. To observe the efficacy and safety of TCM in the treatment of insomnia by recording the participants' baseline demographic data, questionnaire survey, and conducting hematology examination. At the same time, to know the TCM constitution type of insomnia patients, through questionnaire survey with "Classification and Determination of TCM constitution table" that published by China Association of Chinese Medicine.And to explore the correlation between insomnia and circadian rhythm of biological clock .

Conditions

  • Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • Insomnia
  • Circadian Rhythm

Interventions

OTHER

Chinese Medicine

Dialectical treatment of traditional Chinese medicine according to different constitution

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Xiuqin Wang, doctor · The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-04
Primary Completion
2020-10-16
Completion
2021-01-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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