Infertility Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Impact of Acupuncture on the Success Rate of IVF Treatments
The trial aims to investigate whether acupuncture has an effect in increasing clinical pregnancy (pregnancy that is confirmed by a scan) and live birth rates on women undergoing IVF treatment.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 184 |
Est. completion date | January 2016 |
Est. primary completion date | January 2016 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Female |
Age group | 18 Years to 43 Years |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Women under the age of 43 years with a BMI of less than 30 undergoing 1st or no more than their 2nd failed fresh IVF or ICSI cycle. Exclusion Criteria: - Those women undergoing frozen embryo replacement cycle or receiving donor eggs, BMI > 30 or currently having acupuncture/ any other form of CAM, having contraindication to acupuncture like those with HIV, Hep C will be excluded. |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Country | Name | City | State |
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n/a |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Live birth rate | The primary objective is to determine the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture in improving live birth rates in women undergoing IVF | 18 months | No |
Secondary | Clinical pregnancy rate | The secondary objective is to determine whether acupuncture improves clinical pregnancy rate | 18 months | No |
Secondary | Multiple pregnancy | To determine whether there is an increased rate of multiple pregnancy | 9 months | No |
Secondary | Quality of life | To examine the effect of acupuncture on improving the quality of life for women by means of EQ% quality of life questionnaires | 9 months | No |
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