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The aim of the study is to show that auriculotherapy is effective in the treatment of chronic insomnia.


Clinical Trial Description

Chronic insomnia affects a significant proportion of the French population with an estimated prevalence between 15% and 20%. This disease is mainly managed by general practitioners for whom benzodiazepines and Z-drugs (zopiclone, zolpidem) represent the first-line treatment. The french health authorities recommend limiting the consumption of these molecules to 2 to 4 weeks taking into account their possible undesirable effects (eg memory impairment, in the elderly, road accident) as well as the risk of tolerance and addiction. However, it appears that a majority of the patients concerned become chronic consumers. The investigators propose to assess cryo-auriculotherapy in the treatment of chronic insomnia. The population studied will consist of patients with chronic insomnia, whose diagnosis has been made according to the definition in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5), and followed up in an outpatient clinic at Foch Hospital or in one of the participating centers. Half of the patients will be treated with cryo-auriculotherapy (use of a device with nitrous oxide) and compared with control patients who will have the same treatment visits involving a sham device (device without nitrous oxide). ;


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NCT number NCT04471168
Study type Interventional
Source Hopital Foch
Contact Mireille Michel-Cherqui, MD
Phone +33(0)146252985
Email m.michel-cherqui@hopital-foch.org
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date October 14, 2020
Completion date October 2023

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