Pregnancy Success Rates of Acupuncture for in Vitro Fertilization

Ataturk University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Infertility, Female

Treatments: Other: Acupuncture treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03572608

B.30.2.ATA.0.01.00/120

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the effectiveness of acupuncture on pregnancy success before embryo transfer in IVF treatment in female infertile patients. Half of participants will receive acupuncture sessions before embryo transfer, while the other half will not receive.

Full description

Acupuncture is used for many health problem all around the World. WHO reported that acupuncture can have benefit in female infertility treatment. However, there is no enough evidence about effectiveness of acupuncture treatment in the infertility.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 23 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To have unexplained infertility
• To go in vitro fertilization treatment
• To give permission by informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Below age of 18 and above age of 45
• To have secondary infertility
• To reject completing informed consent form

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Acupuncture Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Acupuncture group will receive 3 acupuncture sessions. The first session will be one week before embryo transfer. The second session will be 30 minute before embryo transfer. And the last session will be 30 minute after embryo transfer.

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture treatment

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Control Group will not receive any acupuncture session before or after embryo transfer.