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Influence of acupuncture treatment on 'brain-gut-bacteria' axis in insomnia patients

Influence of acupuncture treatment on 'brain-gut-bacteria' axis in insomnia patients

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR1800017092
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2018-07-11
Start date
2018-08-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-10-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Primary insomnia

Interventions

A:"He Wei An Shen" acupuncture
B:Sham acupuncture
C:healthy cantrol group

Sponsors

Chengdu University of Traditional of Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Male or female; Aged 18 to 65 years old; dextral; (2) Meet the western medicine diagnostic criteria of non-organic insomnia( sleep latency over 30 minutes, and/or wake up at night more than 2 times per night, and/or the total sleep time7 points; (5) The patient signed the informed consent and voluntarily participated in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients with severe primary diseases such as cardiovascular, pulmonary, liver, kidney and hematopoietic systems; (2) With systemic diseases such as pain, fever, cough, surgery, etc.; (3) Insomnia caused by alcohol abuse and/or psychotropic substance abuse and dependence (including sleeping pills); (4) With obvious headache, migraine or history of head trauma; (5) Patients have taken antibiotics, glucocorticoids, immunosuppressive agents or Chinese medicine within last 1 month; (6) Patients have taken medicines treating insomnia at least 2 weeks before entering the study; (7) Pregnancy or lactation women; (8) With magnetic resonance scanning contraindications; (9) Participated in other clinical trials within 1 month.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index;MRS;Intestinal flora data collection and processing;HPLC;GSRS;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Self-Rating Depression Scale;Self-Rating Anxiety Scale;State-Trait Anxiety Inventory;the level of blood cortisol;the level of blood GABA;the level of blood Glu;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYouping Hu

Chengdu University of Traditional of Chinese Medicine

hypcdutcm@yeah.net+86 15308003703

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 4, 2026