Effectiveness of acupuncture on pregnancy success rates for women undergoing in vitro fertilization: A randomized controlled trial

Guven, Pinar Gursoy; Çayır, Yasemin; Borekci, Bunyamin

doi:10.1016/j.tjog.2020.01.018

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“…Our study found that patients undergoing elective, individualized pre-and post-embryo transfer acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer experienced significantly higher implantation and clinical pregnancy rates than those who did not. There are several other studies examining the effects of acupuncture on embryo transfer, finding that acupuncture before and after embryo transfer had effects such as increasing implantation success or decreasing maternal anxiety levels [5,6]. Furthermore, a systematic review and meta-analysis found that acupuncture may be effective as compared to a non-treatment control, while the effect was less strong compared to a sham control [7].…”

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“…A randomized control trial examined the effects of acupuncture treatment before and after an embryo transfer procedure on women undergoing IVF [5]. The women in the experimental group were shown to have significantly increased implantation success rates and significantly lower anxiety levels [5]. Another randomized control trial examined the effects of acupuncture on implantation success and found that acupuncture treatment before and after the embryo transfer procedure resulted in a significant increase in success rates [6].…”

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The Effect of Individual Pre- and Post-Embryo Transfer Acupuncture on Implantation and Clinical Pregnancy Rate After Embryo Transfer

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Acupuncture is a practice that originated in China approximately 3,000 years ago. Acupuncture was first described within the framework of diagnosis and treatment in The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, dating back to 100 BCE [1]. Within Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), needles are inserted at specific points (acupoints) along a meridian (energy channel), through which qi (life force energy) flows. Within TCM, it is believed that needling specific points affect specific organ systems, primarily by removing blocks, or stagnation, on a meridian. The overall goal of acupuncture is to bring the body into balance, such that disease and disorders do not occur [2]. Acupuncture was brought to America and Britain's attention when Ten Rhijne, a European physician, created the first medical description of acupuncture in 1680 [1]. Following this introduction to the West, acupuncture publications began appearing in modern medicine journals during the first half of the 19 th Crimson PublishersWings to the Research

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The Effect of Individual Pre- and Post-Embryo Transfer Acupuncture on Implantation and Clinical Pregnancy Rate After Embryo Transfer

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“…En cambio, en aquellos donde se usó la acupuntura simulada como control, las tendencias de la acción de la acupuntura fueron claramente positivos (Guven et al, 2020). Se requiere más investigaciones de ensayos clínicos aleatorizados y controlados, comparados con los tratamientos convencionales para poder precisar la eficacia de la acupuntura en situaciones obstétricas como la maduración cervical, inducción del trabajo de parto, hiperémesis gravídica y la secreción láctea post-parto, tomando en cuenta que la acupuntura falsa o placebo no son verdaderos placebos, pues también producen efectos, la mayoría de las veces similares a los de la acupuntura verdadera (Xie et al, 2019).…”

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“…CPR was available from all the 49 trials. 13 reported LBR (30, 32-35, 38, 41, 43-46, 50, 60, 74) and 10 studies provided OPR data (31,32,39,43,44,46,(51)(52)(53)56). 27 studies were performed in China (33, 34, 37, 38, 41, 44, 46, 49, 55-74, 76, 77), 9 in Europe (7,35,43,51,52,(54)(55)(56)75), 4 in USA (42,47,48,50), and the remaining were in other country.…”

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Pregnancy benefit of acupuncture on in vitro fertilization: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Background: The evidence of acupuncture for in vitro fertilization (IVF) remains debatable. Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture on embryo transfer in women undergoing IVF. Search Strategy: PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, EMBASE, CENTRAL, Wanfang, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP were searched up to 6 September 2021. Selection Criteria: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture evaluating IVF’s effects were included. Data Collection and Analysis: Clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) and live birth rate (LBR) were quantitatively summarized by the random-effect model. Variations in pooled estimates were examined by subgroup analyses and I2 was measured to quantify statistical heterogeneity. Main Results: Forty-nine eligible RCTs representing 9422 women undergoing IVF for pregnant success were identified. Pooled CPR and LBR showed a significant difference between acupuncture and control groups (odds ratio [OR]=1.65, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.45 to 1.88; OR=1.34, 95% CI: 1.08 to 1.66). Subgroup analysis showed a benefit of traditional acupuncture for women aged < 35 years (CPR: OR=1.57, 95% CI: 1.23 to 2.03; LBR: OR=1.34, 95% CI:1.23 to 1.48), treatment with  3 sessions (CPR: OR=2.37, 95% CI: 1.46 to 3.85; LBR: OR=1.99, 95% CI:1.52 to 2.60), and lower baseline control group rates of CPR (CPR: OR=2.14, 95% CI: 1.22 to 2.13; LBR: OR=2.23, 95% CI:1.07 to 4.62). Heterogeneity across studies were found (CPR: I2=47.4, p <0.001; LBR: I2=62.9, p <0.001). Conclusions: Although benefits of acupuncture in CPR and LBR among IVF women existed, no robust associations were found and which might be limited by the heterogeneity of current evidence

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Effectiveness of acupuncture on pregnancy success rates for women undergoing in vitro fertilization: A randomized controlled trial

Cited by 39 publications

References 19 publications

The Effect of Individual Pre- and Post-Embryo Transfer Acupuncture on Implantation and Clinical Pregnancy Rate After Embryo Transfer

The Effect of Individual Pre- and Post-Embryo Transfer Acupuncture on Implantation and Clinical Pregnancy Rate After Embryo Transfer

Revista de la Universidad del Zulia, Volumen 12, Número 33

Pregnancy benefit of acupuncture on in vitro fertilization: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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