Pregnancy Success Rates of Acupuncture for in Vitro Fertilization

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-06-01

Study Completion Date

2018-10-01

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates the effectiveness of acupuncture on pregnancy success before embryo transfer in IVF treatment in female infertile patients. Half of participants will receive acupuncture sessions before embryo transfer, while the other half will not receive.

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Detailed Description

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Acupuncture is used for many health problem all around the World. WHO reported that acupuncture can have benefit in female infertility treatment. However, there is no enough evidence about effectiveness of acupuncture treatment in the infertility.

Conditions

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Infertility, Female

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Acupuncture Treatment

Acupuncture group will receive 3 acupuncture sessions. The first session will be one week before embryo transfer. The second session will be 30 minute before embryo transfer. And the last session will be 30 minute after embryo transfer.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Acupuncture treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Classical acupuncture points will be used without a formal traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis in the intervention group. Neither manual needle stimulation nor moxibustion will used. The needles will left in place for 30 min and de qi was not sought. The points will be selected bilateral Heart-7, bilateral Large Intestine-4, Governing Vessel-20 and ear shenmen for the first session. Bilateral Conception Vessel-3,4,6, bilateral Liver-3, bilateral Stomach-30, bilateral Spleen-6, bilateral Governing Vessel-20 will be used for the second session. Bilateral Large Intestine-4, bilateral Spleen-6,9, bilateral Stomach-36 will be used for the last session. All acupuncture points will be selected and localized on the basis of the WHO Standardised Acupuncture Point Location.

Control Group

Control Group will not receive any acupuncture session before or after embryo transfer.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Acupuncture treatment

Classical acupuncture points will be used without a formal traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis in the intervention group. Neither manual needle stimulation nor moxibustion will used. The needles will left in place for 30 min and de qi was not sought. The points will be selected bilateral Heart-7, bilateral Large Intestine-4, Governing Vessel-20 and ear shenmen for the first session. Bilateral Conception Vessel-3,4,6, bilateral Liver-3, bilateral Stomach-30, bilateral Spleen-6, bilateral Governing Vessel-20 will be used for the second session. Bilateral Large Intestine-4, bilateral Spleen-6,9, bilateral Stomach-36 will be used for the last session. All acupuncture points will be selected and localized on the basis of the WHO Standardised Acupuncture Point Location.

Intervention Type OTHER