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. 2020 Mar 4;21:239. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-4154-1

Table 3.

Overview of the study visits

Screening visit Baseline visit Treatment visits (16 weeks) End-of-treatment visit Pregnancy visit
Personalized acupuncture Fixed acupuncture Letrozole Placebo letrozole
Sign consent ×
History × ×
Urine pregnancy test × × × × × ×
Physical examination × ×
Transvaginal ultrasound × ×
Semen analysis ×
Tubal patency test ×
HPV or TCT ×
Preconception counseling ×
Fasting blood for laboratory tests × ×
Blood sample collection × ×
Serum progesterone assay × × × × × ×
Serum HCG assay × × × × × × ×
Questionnaires × ×
Acupuncture treatment (three times weekly) × ×
Assess adverse events and concomitant medications × × × × × ×
Pregnancy and neonatal records ×

Physical examination: weight, height, waist circumference, hip circumference, Ferriman-Gallwey/acne

Fasting blood for laboratory test: follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, sex hormone–binding globulin, total testosterone, free testosterone, estradiol, prolactin, fasting blood glucose, fasting insulin, C-peptide, glycated hemoglobin, cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, complete blood count, thyroid profile, renal profile, and liver profile

Transvaginal ultrasound: endometrial thickness, ovarian volume, antral follicle count, and size of ovarian cysts or developing follicles

Preconception counseling: TORCH (toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpesvirus) and human immunodeficiency virus screening

Blood sample collection: serum for the central core laboratory

Abbreviations: HCG Human chorionic gonadotropin, HPV Human papillomavirus, TCT ThinPrep cytologic test