Effect of 12 Weeks of Acupuncture on AMH and COH in Low Responder Patients

Dansk Fertilitetsklinik

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Female Infertility; Hypogonadism; Ovarian

Treatments: Other: acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03080584

H-16033980

Details and patient eligibility

About

the investigators want to study whether 12 weeks of acupuncture has any effect on AMH and the ovarian reserve in women with low ovarian reserve (low responders). AMH is measured before and after 12 weeks of acupuncture and the clinical response to controlled ovarian hyperstimulation before and after the acupuncture is compared.

Full description

AMH is measured cycle day 2 or 3 before and after 12 weeks of acupuncture and the levels are compared. Furthermore, secondary outcomes from IVF treatments before and after the intervention are compared.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• IVF/ICSI treatment
• 18-40 years
• AMH measured < or = 10 pmol/l
• maximum of 8 oocytes collected at last treatment before inclusion-

Exclusion criteria

• (use of testicular sperm)
• more than 4 acupuncture treatments within the last 3 months before inclusion -

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

acupucture arm

Experimental group

Description:

all participants undergo 12 weeks of acupuncture

Treatment:

Other: acupuncture