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Acupuncture as a Complementary Therapy for in Vitro Fertilization Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT03142490 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2017-05-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is an open-label randomized controlled trial of the use of acupuncture in infertile patients receiving In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Patients will be randomized into two groups: treatment group will receive acupuncture as a complementary approach to IVF and control group will receive the IVF treatment. Groups will be compared with the World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL-Bref), short-form 36 (SF-36), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Scope-Stress questionnaires.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Acupuncture

Acupuncture as a complementary therapy will be done in In vitro fertilization patients of the treatment group.

OTHER

Questionnaires

Patients in both groups will be evaluated by 4 different questionnaires (before and after 8 to 12 weeks)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Minas Gerais

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rubens Tavares, MD, PhD · Federal University of Minas Gerais

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-01
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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Diseases

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