Trial reportIntegrative cancer therapies
Electroacupuncture Plus Auricular Acupressure for Chemotherapy-Associated Insomnia in Breast Cancer Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Effect of Acupuncture for Insomnia in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Randomized, Wait-list Controlled Pilot Study
Dense Cranial Electroacupuncture Stimulation Plus Body Acupuncture for Adolescents With Psychological Distress: a Randomized Controlled Trial With Observations on Salivary Oxytocin and Cortisol Changes
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative effectiveness of traditional Chinese non-pharmacological therapies for chemotherapy-related symptoms in cancer patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions for managing clinically relevant sleep disturbances or insomnia in cancer patients and survivors: an up-to-date systematic review and meta-analysis of self-reported sleep disturbance.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy of interventions for insomnia in cancer patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Pooled it
- Auricular acupressure for insomnia in women with breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of electroacupuncture in the treatment of insomnia in cancer patients: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of acupuncture on improving sleep quality and the risk of emotional maladjustment of breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Acupuncture for systemic therapy-associated insomnia in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of electroacupuncture for insomnia in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of acupuncture therapy on cancer-related insomnia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions on sleep quality in patients with cancer-related insomnia: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Acupuncture therapies for cancer-related fatigue: A Bayesian network meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- The clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture intervention on cancer-related insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Chinese Medicines Treatment for Sleep Disturbance in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Network Meta-Analysis.Integrative cancer therapiesPooled it
- Acupuncture for chemotherapy-associated insomnia in breast cancer patients: an assessor-participant blinded, randomized, sham-controlled trial.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2023Trial
- Acupuncture for cancer-related insomnia: An evidence mapping.Integrative medicine research · 2025Review
- Characteristics and associated factors of insomnia in gynecological cancer patients: A cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Bibliometric and visual analysis of cancer-related insomnia research from 2015 to 2025.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Review
- Effect of Laser Auriculotherapy on Quality of Life, Fatigue, and Anxiety in Women with Advanced Breast Cancer: Randomized Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Auricular Acupoint Therapy in Symptom Management of Cancer patients: A Scoping Review.Cancer management and research · 2025Review
- Efficacy of acupuncture treatment for breast cancer-related insomnia: study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveChemotherapy-associated insomnia is a highly prevalent complaint in breast cancer patients. This study was undertaken to evaluate the safety, feasibility, and preliminary effectiveness of electroacupuncture plus auricular acupressure for chemotherapy-associated insomnia in patients with breast cancer. MATERIALS AND
methodsIn this randomized, wait-list controlled trial, thirty breast cancer patients under or post chemotherapy with insomnia were randomly allocated to the acupuncture or wait-list control group. Participants in acupuncture group received electroacupuncture plus auricular acupressure treatment twice weekly for 6 weeks. Participants in wait-list group received the same regimen of treatment after 6-week of waiting period. Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) served as the primary outcome measurement. Secondary outcomes were sleep parameters recorded with sleep diary and actiwatch, as well as the scores of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast Cancer (FACT-B).
resultsTwenty-eight participants completed study (13 in the acupuncture group vs 15 in the wait-list control group). At week-6 post-intervention, ISI score change from baseline showed significant between-group difference favoring acupuncture group of -2.9 points (95% CI: -5.2 to -0.6,
conclusionsAcupuncture is safe, feasible, and effective for chemotherapy-associated insomnia in breast cancer patients under or post chemotherapy. A larger sample size randomized clinical trial is warranted to confirm the present findings. CLINICAL
trial registrationNCT03762694.
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