Effect of Acupuncture on IVF Pregnancy Outcomes for Women With RIF

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age25-40
SponsorHuazhong University of Science and Technology

About this trial

The randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter trial is conducted in five centers in China. After screening and obtaining the signed informed consent , the participants are randomly divided into three groups: acupuncture group (Acu.+IVF),sham acupuncture group(Sham Acu. +IVF),and the control group (only IVF).

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Married women aged 25-40;

Repeated implantation failure for unknown reasons (experienced 2 or more embryo transfers of good-quality embryos without achieving clinical pregnancy);

Transplantable Day 3 high-quality frozen embryos or frozen blastocysts (≥3BB);

Estrogen and progesterone replacement therapy (HRT), endometrial thickness ≥7mm on the day of endometrial transformation.

Disqualifiers

Those who prepare for PGD;

Recipients of egg donors;

Chromosomal abnormalities in both or one of the couples (excluding chromosome polymorphism);

patients with implantation failure due to known embryonic factors;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • acupuncture and IVF
  • sham acupuncture and IVF
  • control group

Treatment groups

771 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups