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Efficacy of Acupuncture Treatment for Breast Cancer-associated Insomnia

NCT05510700 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 264

Last updated 2025-05-22

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Summary

Through a scientific and standardized multicenter, randomized, and controlled study method, the investigators evaluated the clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of breast cancer-related insomnia, with a view to providing a reliable theoretical basis for the treatment of breast cancer-related insomnia with acupuncture.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Acupuncture

All acupuncture locations will be sterilized on a routine basis. As acupuncture needles are inserted, all points will be lifted, twisted, and stabbed to activate de qi, a sensation generally associated with acupuncture, including swelling, soreness, numbness, and heaviness.

DEVICE

Sham acupuncture

The placebo needles selected for this study are flat-tipped needles without a tip that cannot be pierced into the skin. Also, an external patch device will hold the needles in place and these needles are visually pierced into the skin. At the end of the treatment, the acupuncturist will press the acupuncture point with a dry cotton ball to allow the patient to feel the "needles" being pulled out.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Longhua Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Yin Ping

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • YUELAI CHEN · Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-20
Primary Completion
2025-02-01
Completion
2025-06-01

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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Diseases

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