Acupuncture combined with traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of endometriosis-associated infertility, a multi-center, controlled and randomized clinical trial
- Conditions
- endometriosis-associated infertility
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2100004954
- Lead Sponsor
- Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1.Women aged 21 to 45 years with fertility intention;
2.Patients who have accepted the treatment of laparoscopic conservative operation;
3.Patients who meet the diagnostic criteria for both endometriosis and infertility:
(1)endometriosis: histopathological results: endometrial glands and stroma found in the lesion, accompanied by inflammation and fibrosis;
(2)infertility: women who fail to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse; this includes secondary infertility which is a failure to conceive after a previous pregnancy.
4.Husbands semen analysis is normal;
5.Willingness to sign the consent form.
1.Those who have other infertility factors (such as PCOS, tubal blockage, immune infertility, reproductive malignant tumor, reproductive organ abnormalities, and so on);
2.Those who have used other drugs that affect reproductive function or metabolism in the past 3 months;
3.Those who are not appropriate for acupuncture;
4.Those who have allergies to Chinese herbs;
5.Patients with serious cardiovascular, liver, kidney, and hematopoietic system diseases;
6.Patients with infectious diseases, mental illness, and other medical histories.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Chorionic gonadotropin;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method sex hormones;endometriosis-specific quality of life;Anti-Mullerian hormone;