Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT00722462
The Effect of Acupuncture on Pregnancy Rates in Women Undergoing Embryo Transfer
The Effect of Acupuncture on Pregnancy Rates in Women Undergoing Embryo Transfer After in Vitro Fertilization: A Prospective Randomized Sham-controlled Trial
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Fertility Centre · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The present study is designed to test the hypothesis that acupuncture, before and after embryo transfer, significantly improves pregnancy rates, compared to embryo transfer with sham acupuncture and no acupuncture at all.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Active acupuncture | Acupuncture 25 minutes before and after embryo transfer |
| PROCEDURE | Sham acupuncture | Acupuncture at neutral points, 25 minutes before and after embryo transfer |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-05-01
- Completion
- 2009-05-01
- First posted
- 2008-07-25
- Last updated
- 2015-07-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00722462. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.