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Use of Acupuncture for Stimulation of Labour

NCT00279071 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2008-07-04

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Summary

Hypothesis:Acupuncture can be used as stimulation of labour in case of primary og secondary inertia.

A randomized controlled trial including 150 pregnant women Acupuncture has become a natural part of the range of obstetric treatments offered in danish delivery wards, but there is only little evidence to the effect of the acupuncture.

The women are randomized into to groups.

1. Acupuncture, Acu.points: KI3, Ki6, SP6, BL60, LI4, BL67(acupressure)
2. No treatment

The women will be asked in case beginning signs of inertia, if they want to parcipitate in the trial.

Inclusion criteria:

1. Normal pregnancy
2. In labour (orificium \< 8 cm), 37th week or thereafter
3. Ruptured membranes
4. Primary or secondary inertia

The women will just before randomization be vaginally explored and fetal heart monitored. The meassure of effect happens two hours after randomization.

The midwife who measures the effect, is blinded to the treatment or lack of, and also on the including exploration.

Secondary effect meassures: length of labour, use of oxytocin and number of contracions pr/min meassured twice:

1\. before the randomization and again 1 hour after randomization.

Conditions

  • Dystocia

Interventions

DEVICE

Acupuncture og acupressure when diagnosed with dystocia

Acupuncture points: sp6 li4 ki3 ki6 bl60 Acupressure points: bl67

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ringkjøbing County Research Fond

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Union of Midwives Research Fond

    collaborator OTHER

  • Herning Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kjeld Rasmussen, obst. dr.med · Obstetric ward Herning and Holstebro hospitals

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-10-31
Completion
2007-03-31

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