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Acupuncture and Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Pulse Generator and Stress Axis in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

NCT00921492 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2018-08-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Hypothesis The overall hypothesis is that non-obese (BMI \<30) women with PCOS have high luteinising hormone (LH) and cortisol pulse frequency and amplitude and that repeated low-frequency EA restore these alterations and induce ovulation.

Conditions

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Interventions

DEVICE

Low-frequency electro-acupuncture (EA)

2 Hz EA during 30 minutes, twice a week, 14 weeks.

OTHER

Meeting a therapist - attention control

Meeting a therapist, twice a week during 30 minutes in order to control for the increased amount of attention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Göteborg University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
39 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-02-28
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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