Acupuncture Versus Placebo Acupuncture During In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Embryo Transfer

Rigshospitalet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infertility

Treatments: Device: Acupuncture (Carbo®); Device: Placebo acupuncture (Strietberger®)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00913354

Acupuncture001

Details and patient eligibility

About

During IVF treatment, acupuncture at the time of embryo transfer may improve the pregnancy rate. This study aims to compare IVF pregnancy between two groups of patients that received either acupuncture or sham acupuncture (placebo)around embryo transfer

Full description

Acupuncture at the time of embryo transfer may improve the IVF pregnancy rate. This study aims to compare the IVF pregnancy between two groups of patients that undergo ivf/icsi treatment. The patients are randomized to receive either acupuncture or sham acupuncture (placebo)around embryo transfer

Enrollment: 635 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 37 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• infertility
• below 38 years
• ivf or icsi treatment
• fresh embryo transfer cycle
• no more than two earlier embryo transfers with "fresh" embryos
• embryo transfer on day 2 or 3 after oocyte aspiration, single or double embryo transfer

Exclusion criteria

• Frozen embryo transfer
• oocyte donation
• other "alternative" treatment during the cycle

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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635 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

1

Experimental group

Description:

30 minutes of acupuncture just before and just after embryo replacement

Treatment:

Device: Acupuncture (Carbo®)

2

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Sham acupuncture for 30 minutes just before and just after embryo transfer

Treatment:

Device: Placebo acupuncture (Strietberger®)