Efficacy of Thumb-tack Needle Treatment for Diminished Ovarian Reserve

NCT ID: NCT06223178

Last Updated: 2024-01-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

106 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-03

Study Completion Date

2025-12-30

Brief Summary

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Diminished Ovarian Reserve (DOR) is characterized as an important cause of infertility. Acupuncture has been extensively used to treat female infertility. This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of thumb-tack needle,as a new special type of acupuncture and long-lasting treatment modality,in the treatment of DOR.

Detailed Description

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There will be a multi-center, randomized, sham-controlled trial. 106 patients will be randomly assigned into thumb-tack needle acupuncture or sham-acupuncture in 1:1 ratio. All the patents will achieve 12 sessions of verum or sham treatments in 20 weeks(12 weeks for treatment and 8 weeks for follow-up). Patients, outcome assessors and statisticians are masked from group assignment. The study is aim to evaluate the efficacy of thumb-tack needle for DOR.

Conditions

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Diminished Ovarian Reserve

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Thumb-tack needle acupuncture

53 Patients in this group will achieve 24 sessions treatment of thumb-tack needle in 12 consecutive weeks. Treatment will be operated by trained acupuncturists.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

thumb-tack needle

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sterilizing skin and avoiding vessels, the thumb-tack needle are directly stock to the surface of acupoints by a band-aid, kneading and pressing for 5 minutes. The thumb-tack needle will be embedded in the skin and keep staying for 72 hours. Patients will be taught to press them 3 to 4 times per day. As tolerated by them, each pressing will lasts 1 minutes with an interval of about 4 hours.

Basic gynecological treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Gynecological health care guidance will be provided as patients needed.

Sham acupuncture group

A sham thumb-tack needle, which has no difference in appearance with the verum thumb-tack needle but is lack of needle, are used for 53 patient in this group. 24 sessions of treatment will be performed in 12 consecutive weeks. Treatment will be operated by trained acupuncturists.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

sham thumb-tack needle

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sterilizing skin and avoiding vessels, the sham thumb-tack needle are directly stock to the surface of acupoints by a band-aid, kneading and pressing for 5 minutes. The sham device will be embedded in the skin and keep staying for 72 hours. Patients will be taught to press them 3 to 4 times per day. As tolerated by them, each pressing will lasts 1 minutes with an interval of about 4 hours.

Basic gynecological treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Gynecological health care guidance will be provided as patients needed.

Interventions

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thumb-tack needle

Sterilizing skin and avoiding vessels, the thumb-tack needle are directly stock to the surface of acupoints by a band-aid, kneading and pressing for 5 minutes. The thumb-tack needle will be embedded in the skin and keep staying for 72 hours. Patients will be taught to press them 3 to 4 times per day. As tolerated by them, each pressing will lasts 1 minutes with an interval of about 4 hours.

Intervention Type DEVICE

sham thumb-tack needle

Sterilizing skin and avoiding vessels, the sham thumb-tack needle are directly stock to the surface of acupoints by a band-aid, kneading and pressing for 5 minutes. The sham device will be embedded in the skin and keep staying for 72 hours. Patients will be taught to press them 3 to 4 times per day. As tolerated by them, each pressing will lasts 1 minutes with an interval of about 4 hours.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Basic gynecological treatment

Gynecological health care guidance will be provided as patients needed.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years old ≤ age \< 40 years old, female;
* Clinical diagnosis of Diminished Ovarian Reserve: meet both items in twice tests with an interval of at least 4 weeks(tested between 2rd to 4th day of menstrual cycle):

1. 10 IU/L \< FSH \< 20 IU/L,
2. Anti-Müllerian hormone(AMH) \< 1.1ng/mL.
* without any mind disease, willing to participate in the study and sign the informed consent.
* without any other treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

* Low or no response to exogenous gonadotropins, or with congenital anomalies in the development of the reproductive tract;
* Pregnant or breastfeeding;
* Abnormal body temperatures at the moment;
* Psychopath, alcoholic, Patient with severe depression, history of substance abuse and severe primary diseases of cardiovascular, liver, kidney and hematopoietic system;
* Currently enrolled in other clinical trials or refuse to cooperate with the study protocol.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

39 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Xiaomei Shao

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Xiaomei Shao

Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Xiaomei Shao, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University

Locations

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the Third affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical university

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Xiaomei Shao, Ph.D

Role: CONTACT

+8618957130287

Hanyu Liu

Role: CONTACT

+8617857314691

Facility Contacts

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Xiaomei Shao, Ph.D

Role: primary

+8618957130287

Hanyu Liu

Role: backup

+8617857314691

Other Identifiers

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2023ZX010-DOR

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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