NCT00317317.
Trial name or title | The Effect of Acupuncture on Infertility With In‐Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Patients |
Methods | Parallel design, single‐blinded randomised controlled trial |
Participants | Inclusion criteria: ‐ Undergoing in vitro fertilisation protocol (both IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection ‐ ICSI) ‐ Acupuncture naive ‐ Basal FSH <10 ‐ Minimum age 21 years |
Interventions | Acupuncture |
Outcomes | Primary outcome: Clinical pregnancy rate Secondary outcomes: ‐ B‐endorphin levels ‐ Miscarriage rate ‐ Stress measurement ‐ Take home baby rate |
Starting date | Registration: 20/06/2006 |
Contact information | Grant Zhang, Ph.D. Center For Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland |
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