Acupuncture for vasomotor symptoms in the postmenopause and menopausal transition: a randomised placebo-controlled pilot study
- Conditions
- Vasomotor symptoms during the menopausal transition and postmenopauseReproductive Health and Childbirth - Menstruation and menopause
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000095268
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Melbourne
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 26
Women who are having an average of 7 hot flushes or more a day over a week; and whose Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnosis is predominantly Kidney Yin Deficiency, as assessed by a Chinese medicine questionnaire and a history and examination
1. younger than 40yo (therefore diagnosed as having Premature Ovarian Failure),
2. any medical reason to be amenorrheic (Pregnancy, hyperprolactinemia, Cushing’s syndrome etc),
3. poorly controlled hyper or hypothyroidism,
4. menopausal as a result of surgery,
5. breast cancer or suffering hot flushes as a result of aromatase inhibitor therapy,
6. have commenced using any pharmacological or complementary therapy for hot flushes in the past eight weeks,
7. unable to read or write sufficiently in English to complete hot flush diaries and Menopause - Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) questionnaires (the questionnaire requires a Grade 6 reading level)[19],
8. any needle acupuncture treatment in the past,
9. relative contraindications to acupuncture (use of anticoagulant drugs, heart valve disease, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus),
10. unwilling or unable to attend for acupuncture/placebo acupuncture for 8 weeks
11. unable to give informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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