Use of Acupuncture for Stimulation of Labour

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2002-10-31

Study Completion Date

2007-03-31

Brief Summary

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Hypothesis:Acupuncture can be used as stimulation of labour in case of primary og secondary inertia.

A randomized controlled trial including 150 pregnant women Acupuncture has become a natural part of the range of obstetric treatments offered in danish delivery wards, but there is only little evidence to the effect of the acupuncture.

The women are randomized into to groups.

1. Acupuncture, Acu.points: KI3, Ki6, SP6, BL60, LI4, BL67(acupressure)
2. No treatment

The women will be asked in case beginning signs of inertia, if they want to parcipitate in the trial.

Inclusion criteria:

1. Normal pregnancy
2. In labour (orificium \< 8 cm), 37th week or thereafter
3. Ruptured membranes
4. Primary or secondary inertia

The women will just before randomization be vaginally explored and fetal heart monitored. The meassure of effect happens two hours after randomization.

The midwife who measures the effect, is blinded to the treatment or lack of, and also on the including exploration.

Secondary effect meassures: length of labour, use of oxytocin and number of contracions pr/min meassured twice:

1\. before the randomization and again 1 hour after randomization.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Dystocia

Keywords

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dystocia stimulation acupuncture oxytocin

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Interventions

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Acupuncture og acupressure when diagnosed with dystocia

Acupuncture points: sp6 li4 ki3 ki6 bl60 Acupressure points: bl67

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Normal pregnancy
2. In labour (orificium \< 8 cm), 37th week or thereafter
3. Ruptured membranes
4. Primary or secondary inertia -

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pathological pregnancy
2. Pathological labour
3. Medical diseases
4. Women who do not speak and undrestand danish

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Principal Investigators

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Kjeld Rasmussen, obst. dr.med

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Obstetric ward Herning and Holstebro hospitals

Countries

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Denmark

Other Identifiers

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NCT00279071

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

1-Modlock