Efficacy of Hypno-ear-acupuncture on Insomnia in Advanced Cancer Patients
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMedical University of Graz
About this trial
This randomized controlled trial aims to test if a combination of medical hypnosis and ear acupuncture improves sleep quality in patients with advanced cancer during a hospital stay in a palliative care unit.
Patients submitted to our palliative care unit will receive a medical hypnosis and ear acupuncture on the second day of their stay. Sleep quality will be measured using validated patient-reported outcome measures at baseline and after 7 days. Additionally, the use of sleep medication will be documented as a secondary outcome.
The intervention will be compared to a sham medical hypnosis and ear acupuncture to see if the effect of the true intervention has a unique effect.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
histologically confirmed cancer
RCSQ total score <25mm
ability to read and understand the questionnaires
ability to give informed consent
Disqualifiers
pregnancy
language barrier (non German)
inability to give informed consent
hypacusis
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Hypno-ear-acupuncture
- Sham Hypno-ear-acupuncture
Treatment groups
20 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov