NCT03142490

Acupuncture as a Complementary Therapy for in Vitro Fertilization Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Acupuncture as a Complementary Therapy for Infertile Patients on Treatment With in Vitro Fertilization: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Minas Gerais · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is an open-label randomized controlled trial of the use of acupuncture in infertile patients receiving In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Patients will be randomized into two groups: treatment group will receive acupuncture as a complementary approach to IVF and control group will receive the IVF treatment. Groups will be compared with the World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL-Bref), short-form 36 (SF-36), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Scope-Stress questionnaires.

Detailed description

This is an open-label randomized controlled trial of the use of acupuncture in infertile patients receiving In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Patients will be randomized into two groups: treatment group will receive acupuncture as a complementary approach to IVF and control group will receive the IVF treatment. Groups will be compared with the World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL-Bref), short-form 36 (SF-36), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Scope-Stress questionnaires. In addition, data from medical records of infertile patients submitted to in vitro fertilization for treatment of infertility will be compared in the two different treatment groups (with and without acupuncture), such as the required dose of drugs for the treatment, number of ovarian follicles, number of oocytes captured, quality of oocytes, number of embryos, quality of embryos, pregnancy and abortion rates.

Conditions

• Acupuncture
• Quality of Life
• Infertility
• Stress
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Acupuncture	Acupuncture as a complementary therapy will be done in In vitro fertilization patients of the treatment group.
OTHER	Questionnaires	Patients in both groups will be evaluated by 4 different questionnaires (before and after 8 to 12 weeks)

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-01
• Primary completion: 2018-06-30
• Completion: 2018-12-31
• First posted: 2017-05-05
• Last updated: 2017-05-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil