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The Effectiveness of Acupuncture on Headaches in Women Undergoing IVF Egg Stimulation

NCT07587398 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 37

Last updated 2026-05-14

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Summary

To test the effect of acupuncture in treating headaches, as well as co-measures of stress and emotional distress, in participants during the hormonal stimulation phase prior to an oocyte retrieval. Subjects were identified females at birth experiencing a headache while undergoing a hormone stimulation cycle as part of in vitro fertilization or oocyte cryopreservation. Intervention was an individualized acupuncture treatment with needle retention for thirty minutes. Main outcome measured were headache intensity, level of stress, level of emotional distress.

Conditions

  • Headache
  • Stress (Psychology)
  • Emotional Distress

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Acupuncture treatment with 30 minute needle retention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
29 Years
Max Age
49 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-02-27
Primary Completion
2024-07-22
Completion
2024-08-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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