Pain Relief in Women Undergoing Oocyte Retrieval (OR) With Electro-acupuncture (EA) or Conscious Sedation (CS) in a Single Assisted Reproduction Centre.

NCT ID: NCT07041632

Last Updated: 2025-06-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2018-01-31

Brief Summary

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This study aims to determine whether one can replace pain relief in women undergoing oocyte retrieval (OR) using electro-acupuncture (EA) instead of conscious sedation (CS).

Detailed Description

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A total of 60 women were randomized and 29 women were on electro-acupuncture (EA) versus 27 women on conscious sedation (CS) with intravenous medication for transvaginal egg extraction (OR) in IVF. Pain scores were recorded before , during and after egg extraction when the women were on conscious sedation and electro-acupuncture. Side effects were recorded. Physical parameters were recorded. Livebirth outcome were also recorded.

Conditions

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Pain Intensity Assessment

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

randomised control
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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electro-acupuncture

Electro-acupunture is compared to Conscious sedation during egg collection in IVF

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

electro-acupuncture

Intervention Type OTHER

electro-acupuncture for pain relief in egg collection in IVF

Conscious sedation for egg collection

Conscious sedation is the common analgesia used in egg collection in IVF

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conscious sedation

Intervention Type OTHER

IVf egg collection using conscious sedation as the usual analgesia

Interventions

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electro-acupuncture

electro-acupuncture for pain relief in egg collection in IVF

Intervention Type OTHER

Conscious sedation

IVf egg collection using conscious sedation as the usual analgesia

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ministry of Health, Singapore

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Singapore General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Su Ling Yu, FRCOG

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Centre for Assisted Reproduction

Singapore, , Singapore

Site Status

Countries

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Singapore

Other Identifiers

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TCMCRG3103002

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Acupuncture in IVF

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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