Acupuncture Treatment Versus Non-acupuncture During IVF
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 102
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Clinical pregnancy rate.
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Acupuncture at follicular phase of the cycle may improve the pregnancy rate. This study aims to compare assisted reproduction outcome between two groups of PCOS patients underwent IVF, one group received acupuncture and other group without acupuncture.
Detailed Description
Follicular phase acupuncture applied for PCOS patients underwent IVF to evaluate the effect of acupuncture on anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) and the effect on assisted reproduction outcome. It applied at certain acupoints according to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •PCOS patients with patent one or two fallopian tubes, normal uterine cavity and partners with normal semen parameters.
- •infertility
- •20-40 years
- •IVF treatment -
Exclusion Criteria
- •patients with disorders that have the similar clinical presentation
- •closed both tubes
- •abnormal semen parameters
- •intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
Arms & Interventions
Acupuncture (Hwato®)
30-40 minutes acupuncture at certain acupoints that chosen according to traditional Chinese medicine and included LIV3,SP6,SP8,ST36,SP10,ST29,LI14,Ren 04;starting at follicular phase of the cycle till 2 days before oocyte picked up.
Intervention: Acupuncture(Hwato®) (Device)
No acupuncture
No intervention was done for this group of patients.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Clinical pregnancy rate.
Time Frame: 13 months
Increase in pregnancy rate
Secondary Outcomes
- Ongoing pregnancy rate(15 months)
Investigators
Amina Altutunji
Doctor /assissted reproduction center/Union Hospital
Huazhong University of Science and Technology