This trial rigorously tests whether acupuncture improves insomnia in people with breast cancer beyond placebo effects.
Researchers designed a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled trial comparing genuine acupuncture with simulated acupuncture in adults with breast cancer-related insomnia. Participants receive repeated treatment sessions over several weeks, with insomnia severity as the main outcome and sleep quality, anxiety, depression, quality of life, activity-based sleep measures, medication use, and adverse events also assessed during treatment and follow-up.
The abstract reports a study protocol rather than findings, so no treatment results are available. The trial is intended to determine whether acupuncture safely improves insomnia and related wellbeing compared with sham treatment, while potentially reducing reliance on sleep medications.
