Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01778621
Effect of Acupuncture on Anti Mullerian Hormone and Assisted Reproduction Outcome in PCOS Patients Undergoing IVF
Acupuncture Treatment Versus Non-acupuncture During IVF
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 102 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Amina Altutunji · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 20 Years – 40 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
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.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Acupuncture(Hwato®) | acupuncture using 4cm long disposable stainless steel hair-thin needles manufactured by Suzhou medical appliance factory (China). |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-03-01
- Completion
- 2012-05-01
- First posted
- 2013-01-29
- Last updated
- 2019-07-23
Locations
1 site across 1 country: China
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01778621. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.