Comparison Between Efficacy of Oral Melatonin and Oral L-theanine in Improving Sleep in Cancer Patients Suffering From Insomnia: A Randomised Double-blinded Placebo-controlled Study.

Madhuri S KurdiAthira AsDharmesh Arvind LadhadMilon V MitragotriAmritha Baiju

Published in: Indian journal of palliative care (2024)

The hypnotic efficacy of oral melatonin 3 mg was better than oral L-theanine 200 mg in cancer patients having insomnia. Furthermore, L-theanine had a better hypnotic efficacy when compared to a placebo.

Keyphrases

double blind
clinical trial
sleep quality
physical activity
open label
randomized controlled trial
depressive symptoms