Randomized controlled trial: effects of acupuncture on pregnancy rates in women undergoing in vitro fertilization

Moy, I.; Milad, Magdy P.; Barnes, Randall B.; Confino, Edmond; Kazer, Ralph R.; Zhang, Xingqi

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.05.024

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“…There were 14 RCTs (n = 3,971) performing only around the time of ET. The quality of the included trials is summarized in table 1; 7 of the 14 studies were published as full reports [17,18,19,20,21,22,23], while the remaining 7 were published as conference abstracts [10,11,24,25,26,27,28]; 4 of the studies were in Europe (2 in Denmark [17,18], 1 in Brazil [11], 1 in Germany [20]), 3 in China [21,22,23] and 7 in the USA [10,18,19,24,25,26,27]. …”

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The Role of Acupuncture in in vitro Fertilization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Shen¹,

Shu³

et al. 2014

Gynecol Obstet Invest

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Background/Aims: In recent years, acupuncture has become more and more popular in the management of subfertility. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of acupuncture during in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment on the outcomes of clinical pregnancy in published randomized studies. Methods: This is a systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources used were MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Knowledge and the Chinese Biomedical Database. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the acupuncture group and no acupuncture (intervention) controls around the time of embryo transfer (ET; risk ratio, RR, 1.24, 95% confidence interval, CI, 1.02-1.50) or in unblinded trials, trials blinded to physicians and double-blind trials (95% CI 1.26-1.88, 0.82-1.33 and 0.89-1.25, respectively). This was also the case when comparing acupuncture with sham acupuncture controls around the time of ET (RR, 1.03, 95% CI 0.87-1.22) or when restricting to unblinded trials, trials blinded to physicians and double-blind trials (95% CI 0.80-2.02, 0.82-1.18 and 0.77-1.17, respectively). There was a statistically significant difference when performed at 30 min after ET and implantation phase (RR 1.76, 95% CI 1.22-2.55). There was also a statistically significant difference when performed at follicle phase and 25 min before and after ET (RR 1.56, 95% CI 1.04-2.33). Conclusion: Our study showed that acupuncture did not significantly improve the IVF clinical pregnancy rate when performed only at the time of ET, while we found pooled benefit of acupuncture for IVF when performed at follicle phase and 25 min before and after ET, as well as 30 min after ET and implantation phase.

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“…Of the 14 trials, 7 performed sham (placebo) acupuncture in the control group; 2 trials [23,25] belonged to the unblinded trials group and 5 [17,19,21,26,27] belonged to the group of trials that were blinded to the physicians. Of the above 5 trials, all except the study of Paulus et al [27] were double-blind trials.…”

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The Role of Acupuncture in in vitro Fertilization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Shen¹,

Shu³

et al. 2014

Gynecol Obstet Invest

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“…Andersen et al (9) applied verum or placebo acupuncture on the day of ET in 635 patients and found no difference of PR in the two groups. There were also reports showing that acupuncture has only a placebo effect, yet they confirmed that acupuncture was safe for women undergoing ET (10,11). To investigate whether acupuncture plays a role in increasing the success rate of IVF-ET, we conducted a prospective, randomized, single-blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial.…”

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Increase of success rate for women undergoing embryo transfer by transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation: a prospective randomized placebo-controlled study

Zhang¹,

Guan

et al. 2011

Fertility and Sterility

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“…Acupuncture works by stimulating the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland, resulting in a broad spectrum of therapeutic systemic effects. 3,4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21452, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Acupuncture techniques can induce regular ovulation in females with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Recent data showed that acupuncture increases the pregnancy rates from 26.3 % to 42.5 % when performed both pre-and post-IVF.…”

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Hijama (wet cupping) for female infertility treatment: a pilot study

Abduljabbar

Gazzaz

Mourad

et al. 2016

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Randomized controlled trial: effects of acupuncture on pregnancy rates in women undergoing in vitro fertilization

Cited by 59 publications

References 27 publications

The Role of Acupuncture in in vitro Fertilization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The Role of Acupuncture in in vitro Fertilization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Increase of success rate for women undergoing embryo transfer by transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation: a prospective randomized placebo-controlled study

Hijama (wet cupping) for female infertility treatment: a pilot study

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