NCT03015766 (AAHDIN) is a NA clinical trial of auricular acupressure therapy in Insomnia Chronic, sponsored by Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Who is sponsoring NCT03015766?

NCT03015766 is sponsored by Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03015766?

Interventions in NCT03015766: auricular acupressure therapy, sham auricular acupressure therapy.

What condition does NCT03015766 study?

NCT03015766 studies Insomnia Chronic.

Is NCT03015766 still recruiting?

NCT03015766 is currently completed. Last updated 13 May 2019.

Last reviewed 2019-05-13 · How we verify

NCT03015766: AAHDIN

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Published: 2026-01-01
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Auricular Acupressure for Hemodialysis Patients With Insomnia

Completed NA Last updated 13 May 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing auricular acupressure therapy in Insomnia Chronic in 130 participants. Completed in 1 May 2019.

Timeline

1 May 2017

Primary endpoint
1 October 2018

1 May 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	triple
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	130
Start date	1 May 2017
Primary completion	1 October 2018
Estimated completion	1 May 2019
Sites	6 locations across China

Drugs / interventions tested

auricular acupressure therapy
sham auricular acupressure therapy

Conditions studied

Insomnia Chronic — all drugs for Insomnia Chronic →

Sponsor

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Who can join

Adults 18 to 75, any sex, with Insomnia Chronic. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Auricular acupressure therapy (AAT) has been applied in MHD patients with insomnia in recent years and yielded favorable results. However, the effect and safety of AAT for insomnia in MHD population still lacks high quality evidence. A randomized controlled clinical trial is planned to evaluate the effect and safety of AAT in MHD patients with insomnia.

Publications & conference data

3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Interventions for improving sleep quality in people with chronic kidney disease.
Natale P, Ruospo M, Saglimbene VM, Palmer SC, et al · · 2019 · cited 45× · PMID 31129916 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd012625.pub2
Auricular acupressure for insomnia in hemodialysis patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Wu Y, Yang L, Li L, Wu X, et al · · 2018 · cited 13× · PMID 29514705 · DOI 10.1186/s13063-018-2546-2
Auricular Acupressure for Hemodialysis Patients with Insomnia: A Multicenter Double-Blind Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial.
Wu Y, Yang L, Zhong Z, Wu X, et al · · 2022 · cited 4× · PMID 35426736 · DOI 10.1089/jicm.2021.0332

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Other Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine trials

Trials by the same sponsor.

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03015766 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Last refreshed: 13 May 2019

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