Acupuncture to Managed Pain During Induced Labor with Cook's Balloon (COOKACUPAIN)

Centre Hospitalier de Roubaix

Status: Completed

Conditions: Labor Induction

Treatments: Other: Acupuncture therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06502418

2023-008

Details and patient eligibility

About

In France, labor induction rate is above 25.8%. Labor induction with Cook's balloon is a non-hormonal mechanical method but this technique can provide pain.

At Roubaix's maternity, midewifes can adminitred acupuncture therapy to help to manage this pain.

No studies where found about an effect of acupuncture therapy on pain provoked by labor induction with Cook's balloon.

Full description

Investigators aim to demonstate that acupuncture therapy during labor induction with Cook's balloon can reduced pain and improved patient's experience. Investigators will use 7 acupuncture points (YIN TANG/ 4 GI bilateral/ 36 E bilateral and 5TR bilateral) before the application of the balloon. A visual analog scale will be used before and after balloon insertion to collect pain level.

a questionnary will be filled by patient to collect their experiences. Investigators will collect data about analgesia, failed of induction and cesarean section to see effect of acupuncture on them.

Patients will be randomised.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• pregnant woman with a gestational age of 37 weeks and above
• age>=18 years old
• having medical indication to be labor induced by Cook's Balloon
• speaking French
• agreeing to participate by signing informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• patient having contraindication for the use of Cook's balloon
• patients under curatorship and/or guardianship

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Acupuncture arm

Experimental group

Description:

Acupuncture therapy

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture therapy

Control arm

No Intervention group

Description:

usual care