NCT03546595

Auricular Acupressure (AA) For Insulin Resistance in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Effect of Auricular Points Acupressure for Overweight/Obese Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present trial is a pilot study to investigate the effect of auricular acupressure on insulin resistance in women with PCOS.A total of 100 subjects will be enrolled into this study and will be randomized into two groups. Auricular acupressure or sham auricular acupressure will be treated for three months. The primary outcome is the whole body insulin action assessed with HOMA-IR.

Conditions

• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Insulin Resistance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Auricular acupoints acupressure	The magnetic beads were taped to the auricular acupressure points, by the same acupuncture specialist on one ear approximately after skin sterilization, and the subjects were asked to massage the points for 5 minutes, 30 minutes before three meals and sleep.The magnetic beads were left in situ, but replaced with new ones once every week in the other ear.
OTHER	Sham auricular acupoints acupressure	The magnetic beads were taped to the auricular acupressure points, by the same acupuncture specialist on one ear approximately after skin sterilization, and the subjects were not asked to massage the points.The magnetic beads were left in situ, but replaced with new ones once every week in the other ear.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-07-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-31
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2018-06-06
• Last updated: 2019-12-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China