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Efficacy of Hypno-ear-acupuncture on Insomnia in Advanced Cancer Patients

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Symptoms and Signs
Insomnia
Oncology
Interventions
Procedure: Hypno-ear-acupuncture
Procedure: Sham Hypno-ear-acupuncture
Registration Number
NCT06532188
Lead Sponsor
Medical University of Graz
Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria
  • histologically confirmed cancer
  • RCSQ total score <25mm
  • ability to read and understand the questionnaires
  • ability to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • pregnancy
  • language barrier (non German)
  • inability to give informed consent
  • hypacusis
  • radiographical verified brain metastases
  • diagnosed psychosis

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
VerumHypno-ear-acupunctureEar acupuncture using permanent needles on predefined acupuncture points followed by a standardized medical hypnosis, needles remain in place for a total of 7 days
ShamSham Hypno-ear-acupunctureEar acupuncture using permanent needles on predefined acupuncture sham points followed by a standardized story without induction of a hypnotic trance, needles remain in place for a total of 7 days
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ)Baseline and after seven days

Change in Patient-reported outcome measure assessing the sleep quality on five sleep related items using a visual analoge scale Range: 0-100mm (Visual Analog Scale) Domains/items: 5 (Sleep depth, Sleep latency, Awakenings from sleep, Ability to return to sleep, Sleep quality) Total score: mean score of all 5 domains (0-100) Interpretation: higher scores reflect better sleep quality

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Use of additional medicationFrom baseline to end of study (total seven days)

Use of sleep medication (benzodiazepines) and analgesics (opioids, non-opioids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

Edmonton symptom assessment scale (ESAS)Baseline and after seven days

Change in Patient-reported outcome measures assessing nine different symptoms on a numerical rating scale Range: 0-10 (Numerical Rating Scale) Domains/items: 9 (pain, fatigue, drowsiness, nausea, annorexia, breathlesness, depression, anxiety, well-being) Total score: mean score of all 9 domains (range: 0-10) Interpretation: higher scores reflect higher symptom burden

Patient health questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9)Baseline and after seven days

Change in Patient-reported outcome measure assessing depressive symptoms using 9 items describing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM IV) criteria of depression.

Range: 0-3 (categorial rating: 0 = "not at all", 3 = "nearly every day" Domains/items: 9 (interest/pleasure in doing things, feeling down or depressed, sleep-related problems, low energy or fatigue, eating problems, self-worth, ability to concentrate, psychomotor problems, thoughts of suicide) Total score: sum of all items (range: 0-27) Interpretation: higher scores reflect higher depressive symptoms

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Medical University of Graz

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Graz, Styria, Austria

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