Impact of Homeopathy for Persistent Insomnia in Patients With Cancer

Adwin Life Care

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Insomnia

Cancer

Treatments

Other: Homeopathy Medicine

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Industry

Identifiers

NCT02515006

Adwin/chr/1121

Details and patient eligibility

About

Persistent insomnia is highly prevalent complaint in cancer survivors, but is seldom satisfactorily addressed. The adaptation to cancer care of a validated, cost-effective intervention may offer a practicable solution. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical effectiveness of homeopathy for insomnia.

Enrollment

160 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 45 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

scheduled to begin chemotherapy or radiotherapy
chemotherapy or radiotherapy
meet diagnostic criteria for chronic insomnia (i.e., lasting for at least one month)
Chronic insomnia has been defined in previous research:as the presence of (1) three or more episodes of insomnia (i.e., ≥ 30minuteSOL, ≥ 60minute wake after sleep onset (WASO), or ≤ 6.5 hour total sleep time (TST) per night) of per week and (2) daytime effects of insomnia, such as irritability, difficulty concentrating, or fatigue for at least one month.
have the permission of their oncologists to participate.

Exclusion criteria

untreated alcohol or substance abuse or dependence,
bipolar, or psychotic disordermedical conditions such as seizure disorder, restless leg disorder, or Parkinson's disease
untreated sleep disorders such as sleep apnea
Taking other alternative medicines