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Acupuncture Effect on the Rate of Maturation in Post Term Pregnancies.

NCT04744168 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2026-05-22

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Summary

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Example: The purpose of this study is to determine whether prednisone, methotrexate, and cyclophosphamide are effective in the treatment of rapidly progressive hearing loss in both ears due to autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED). The first purpose of this randomized study is to determine if five points of acupuncture : 4GI, 6RP, 34VB, 36E, 3F could improve the bishop score for prolonged pregnancies and decrease the rate of maturation.

The protocol of our study consists of proposing to the pregnant women one or two acupuncture sessions the term's day and three days later. Once the consent is signed, women are randomly included in the experimental or placebo arm. In the experimental arm, midwives puncture five points : 4GI, 6 RP, 34VB, 36E, 3F on each side while in the placebo arm, they puncture just one point : 16 HM on each side.

The maturation's rate between the two groups will be compared by a Fisher's exact test and analyzed in function parity (nulliparous or multiparous) and number of sessions (one or two) with a model of univariate and multivariate logistic regression.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy Beyond 41 Week's Gestation

Interventions

OTHER

Acupuncture

Puncture of 5 points 4GI, 6RP, 34VB, 36E, 3F

OTHER

Placebo Acupuncture

Puncture of point HM

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-09
Primary Completion
2021-09-16
Completion
2021-09-16

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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