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Sedative and Hypnotic Effects Induced by EA

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Bypass Complications
Interventions
Procedure: Electroacupuncture
Registration Number
NCT01896063
Lead Sponsor
Xijing Hospital
Brief Summary

Insomnia is a common clinical disease.The serious patients could not sleep all night, often accompanied by headache, dizziness, forgetfulness and so on. All of these increase the mental burden of insomnia patients and seriously affected the normal work and quality of life of patients. Modern medical treatment to treat insomnia is using sedative and hypnotic drugs, mainly benzodiazepine, zopiclone. But long-term use of these drugs can induce the adverse reactions, including resistance, dependence and addiction. Many articles indicate that electroacupuncture can effectively improve insomnia, play the role of sedative and hypnotic effect and avoid many adverse reactions and side effects. Then there are no more objective indicators to affirm that which part of brain takes place the appropriate changes when electroacupuncture induces the sedative effect. So we designed this experiment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
45
Inclusion Criteria
  • Must be able to go with EA
  • Can not have any disease
Exclusion Criteria
  • Overworked recently

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Electroacupuncture preconditioningElectroacupuncture-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
BIS value30 minutes

The primary outcome is assessing whether BIS value reduce during electroacupuncture stimulation.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Xijing Hospital

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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

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