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Efficacy and Safety of Gamiguibi-tang on Sleep Disturbance of Cancer Patients

Efficacy and Safety of Gamiguibi-tang on Sleep Disturbance of Cancer Patients: a Prospective, Randomized, Wait-list Controlled, Pilot Study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0001952
Enrollment
30
Registered
2016-06-24
Start date
2016-03-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-03-11

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

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : gamiguibi-tang, 3.75g, is orally administered to Arm 1 for three times a day, for 14 days, whereas Arm 2 has no intervention for 14 days. Both arms should take sleep hygiene education at the st

Sponsors

Comprehensive & Integrative Medicine Institute
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) over 18. 2) confirmed malignancy by biopsy or radioimage. 3) more than 6 score of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index-Korean validation (PSQI-K) 4) more than 2 months of life expectancy 5) cancer or cancer related treatment induced or worsened sleep disturbance. 6) ECOG 0-2 7) sleep disorder lasted for more than recent 1 month.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) to administrate other korean medicine medications for sleep disorder before the study. 2) having change in hypnotics or psychotropic drugs within 2 weaks before the study. 3) =2×UNL of AST or ALT. 4) sleep apnea or mental illness 5) not consent to the trial protocol 6) women of pregnant, on lactating, or having plan of pregnancy while the process of the trial. 7) expected failed compliance due to any other reasons.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Insomnia Severity Index

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Beck Depression Inventory;Montreal Cognitive Assessment;Brief Fatigue Inventory

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJee Young Lee

Kyung Hee University Oriental Medicine Hospital at Gangdong

happiade@daum.net

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026