Sound sleep: new study tests if pink noise can cure insomnia
NCT ID NCT07503223
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing whether a wearable device that plays personalized low-frequency sounds (like pink noise) can help people with insomnia sleep better. Forty adults with sleep problems will use the device for 12 weeks, and their sleep will be measured with overnight brain-wave tests before and after treatment. The goal is to see if this non-drug approach can improve sleep quality and reduce insomnia symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Personalized Sound Therapy (device)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a drug-free, non-invasive way to improve sleep quality for people with insomnia.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 40 participants and no control group, so results may not be conclusive or generalizable. The therapy may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged 18-60 years * With sleep disturbances based on the PSQI score of \>5 and/or ISI score \> 15 Exclusion Criteria: * Central sleep apnea * Epilepsy * Current use of sedative-hypnotics or neurostimulation devices * Shift workers (people with different working hours patterns, for example morning, afternoon, night shifts) * Pregnancy * Moderate to severe OSA (AHI \>15) * Presbycusis or other significant hearing loss * Patients with psychiatric disorder
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National University of Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine
RECRUITINGCheras, Kuala Lumpur, 56000, Malaysia
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