Auricular Acupuncture for Primary Insomnia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This double-blind RCT will evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness and safety of auricular acupuncture(AA) for primary insomnia(PI) .

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Treatments: Eszopiclone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Meet the diagnosis of PI according to DSM-5;

• Aged 18-64 (including 18 and 64);

• Provided a signed written consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patient has somatic disease like severe respiratory, circulatory, endocrine system disease and hepatic/renal insufficiency;

• The patient suffers from moderate / major depression (BDI score ≧ 8 points), moderate / severe anxiety disorder (SAS score ≧ 61 points) or any other serious mental disease;

• The patient who abuse drug alcohol or substance;

• The patient suffers from dementia or any other severe cognitive impairment;

• The patient is in pregnancy or lactation period;

• Patient who is a night worker or stick to irregular sleep pattern, and can't or don't want to terminate this kind of work mode;

• The patient has history of suicide or suicidal tendency;

• The patient is allergic to Eszopiclone or any other sedative-hypnotic drugs;

• The patient who has taken psychiatric, hypnotic or antihistamine drugs during the last 4 weeks before baseline, however, the patient who use the prescription or nonprescription hypnotic drugs no more than twice a week can be recruited as soon as drug withdrawal;

• The patient who is receiving ongoing psychological treatment;

• The patient who has obstructive sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, sleep rhythm disorders, parasomnias, etc.