Clinical trial · Interventional
Effects of SMR Neurofeedback on Insomnia in Patients With Benign Brain Tumors
Effects of Sensorimotor Rhythm Neurofeedback on Insomnia in Patients With Benign Brain Tumors Underwent Surgery
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Difficulty recruiting cases due to the epidemic
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in patients with primary brain tumors. In the past, 21.5% to 59.2% of patients with primary brain tumors suffer from insomnia symptoms. In addition to hypnotics, nonpharmacological interventions for insomnia in patients with brain tumors are still lacking. When using hypnotics may cause daytime sleepiness, cognitive impairment, and increase the risk of cancer, seeking an effective intervention is of clinical importance. Sensorimotor rhythm neurofeedback therapy has been shown to improve insomnia in different populations. However, its effect on insomnia has not been explored in patients with brain tumors. We, therefore, aim to investigate the feasibility and effect of sensorimotor rhythm neurofeedback in improving insomnia in patients with benign brain tumors after surgery and to examine the correlation between the degree of insomnia improvement and quality of life changes after receiving sensorimotor rhythm neurofeedback.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benign Brain Tumor | Benign Brain Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Insomnia | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Neurofeedback | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| sensorimotor rhythm neurofeedback training | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- sensorimotor rhythm neurofeedback training
- description
- Sensory motor rhythm neurofeedback: The subjects will perform 60 minutes per week for 10 weeks, with a total training time of 600 minutes. The intervention in this trial lasts for 10 weeks (1 time/week), with the goal of improving sensory motor rhythm. Since this training uses visual and auditory feedback, if patients are assigned to this group, they will be ask to wear an EEG cap with 19 electrodes. They can take a relaxed sitting posture and choose animations (e.g., puzzles, mazes, and other feedback content), and then focus on computer screen animation for training, each training time is approximately 60 minutes.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: sensorimotor rhythm neurofeedback training
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- control group
- description
- Patient should maintain their usual activity and treatment. Research assistants will weekly contact them to confirm their compliance.
Primary outcomes (5)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 20 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed as primary benign brain tumors such as: meningioma, schwannoma, pituitary tumor, craniopharyngioma according to the results of pathological tissue sections and has completed treatment such as : Surgery, radiation therapy, etc. for at least 7 days. * Aged from 20 to 65 years old and conscious, able to communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese. * Cognitive ability sufficient to complete the questionnaire. * Complaints of insomnia and ISI score ≥ 8 Exclusion Criteria: * Long-term shift workers one month before the included study. * Pregnant women. * Jet lag workers, such as airline workers. * Vision, hearing or motor dysfunction is severe enough to affect the participating researcher. * Preoperative diagnosis of insomnia or long-term use of sleep aids or psychiatric drugs.
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