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Can Acupuncture be Used as Preparation for Induction of Labour

NCT00245752 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 125

Last updated 2009-02-05

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether acupuncture can be used to ripen cervix before medicinal induction of labor or even be used as method for induction, and thereby eliminating other and more potentially harmful methods.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy Overdue - Week 41+6

Interventions

DEVICE

acupuncture

acupuncture in points bilaterally: BL 67, LI 4, SP6, one in GV20.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Skejby Research Fond

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Ringkjøbing County Research Fond

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Union of Midwives Research Fond

    collaborator OTHER

  • Aarhus University Hospital Skejby

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Niels Uldbjerg, Professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-11-30
Primary Completion
2008-07-31
Completion
2008-12-31

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