Clinical Effectiveness of Acupuncture to Increase Pregnancy Success Rates for Women Undergoing in Vitro Fertilization: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 120
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- pregnancy
研究概览
简要总结
This study evaluates the effectiveness of acupuncture on pregnancy success before embryo transfer in IVF treatment in female infertile patients. Half of participants will receive acupuncture sessions before embryo transfer, while the other half will not receive.
详细描述
Acupuncture is used for many health problem all around the World. WHO reported that acupuncture can have benefit in female infertility treatment. However, there is no enough evidence about effectiveness of acupuncture treatment in the infertility.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 23 Years 至 45 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •To have unexplained infertility
- •To go in vitro fertilization treatment
- •To give permission by informed consent form
排除标准
- •Below age of 18 and above age of 45
- •To have secondary infertility
- •To reject completing informed consent form
研究组 & 干预措施
Acupuncture Treatment
Acupuncture group will receive 3 acupuncture sessions. The first session will be one week before embryo transfer. The second session will be 30 minute before embryo transfer. And the last session will be 30 minute after embryo transfer.
干预措施: Acupuncture treatment (Other)
Control Group
Control Group will not receive any acupuncture session before or after embryo transfer.
结局指标
主要结局
pregnancy
时间窗: 2 weeks after the treatment
positive betaHCG
次要结局
- Anxiety level(Through study completion, 2 weeks after the protocol)
研究者
Yasemin Cayir
Assoc. Prof. Yasemin Cayir
Ataturk University