The Effect of Acupuncture on Pregnancy Rates in Women Undergoing Embryo Transfer

NCT ID: NCT00722462

Last Updated: 2015-07-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-08-31

Study Completion Date

2009-05-31

Brief Summary

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The present study is designed to test the hypothesis that acupuncture, before and after embryo transfer, significantly improves pregnancy rates, compared to embryo transfer with sham acupuncture and no acupuncture at all.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pregnancy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Active acupuncture

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Active acupuncture

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Acupuncture 25 minutes before and after embryo transfer

2

Sham Acupuncture- acupuncture at neutral points

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham acupuncture

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Acupuncture at neutral points, 25 minutes before and after embryo transfer

3

Embryo transfer with no acupuncture

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Active acupuncture

Acupuncture 25 minutes before and after embryo transfer

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Sham acupuncture

Acupuncture at neutral points, 25 minutes before and after embryo transfer

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patient is undergoing embryo transfer after IVF or ICSI
* patient has given informed consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria

* frozen embryo transfer
* previous enrollment in study
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ottawa Fertility Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Arthur Leader, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Ottawa Fertility Centre

Doron Shmorgun, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ottawa Fertility Centre

Locations

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Ottawa Fertility Centre

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Other Identifiers

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OttawaFC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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