Acupuncture for Promotion of Timely Delivery - Full Text View

Purpose

The purpose of this study of 100 pregnant women is to determine if acupuncture using real needles that puncture the skin, starting at thirty seven weeks three days estimated gestational age (EGA), will increase the percentage of women delivering on or before the estimated date of confinement (EDC = 40 weeks EGA), compared with women treated identically but with placebo needles that do not puncture the skin.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Delivery, Obstetric	Procedure: Acupuncture	Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics:

Acupuncture Childbirth

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Bio-equivalence Study

Official Title:	Acupuncture for Promotion of Timely Delivery

Further study details as provided by University of Pennsylvania:

Primary Outcome Measures:

timely delivery -- deliver on or before the EDC

Secondary Outcome Measures:

State-Trait Anxiety Index, a self-administered questionnaire for assessment of anxiety
Short Form 36, a self-administered questionnaire for assessment of quality of life status
Modified Bishop's Score obtained to assess cervical ripening
Maternal and newborn outcomes

Estimated Enrollment:	100
Study Start Date:	January 2006
Estimated Study Completion Date:	July 2007

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Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	15 Years to 50 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

A singleton pregnancy in cephalic presentation
Between 34 and 37 weeks gestation
Their pregnancy dating (due date) confirmed by at least one first or second trimester ultrasound
No fetal or maternal contraindications to vaginal delivery
No contraindication to carry to EDC (40w 0d)
Have the capacity to understand the requirements of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

Without adequate information of dating
High risk of Cesarean Delivery
Currently receiving acupuncture outside of study
Uncertainty of gestational age dating (according to the chart documentation)

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00379327

Contacts


Contact: Rebecca A Greenberg, MD	302-477-1417	rgrnbrg@comcast.net

Contact: John T Farrar, MD, PhD	215-898-5802	jfarrar@cceb.med.upenn.edu

Locations


United States, Delaware
	St. Francis Hospital	Recruiting
	Wilmington, Delaware, United States, 19805

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Pennsylvania

Investigators


Study Director:	John T Farrar, MD, PhD	University of Pennsylvania

Principal Investigator:	Rebecca A Greenberg, MD	University of Pennsylvania

More Information

Publications:

Caughey AB, Nicholson JM, Cheng YW, Lyell DJ, Washington AE. Induction of labor and cesarean delivery by gestational age. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Sep;195(3):700-5.

Caughey AB, Bishop JT. Maternal complications of pregnancy increase beyond 40 weeks of gestation in low-risk women. J Perinatol. 2006 Sep;26(9):540-5. Epub 2006 Jul 13.

Rabl M, Ahner R, Bitschnau M, Zeisler H, Husslein P. Acupuncture for cervical ripening and induction of labor at term--a randomized controlled trial. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2001 Dec 17;113(23-24):942-6.

Smith CA, Crowther CA. Acupuncture for induction of labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(1):CD002962. Review.

Study ID Numbers:	AcuPTD-100
First Received:	September 19, 2006
Last Updated:	June 21, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00379327
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by University of Pennsylvania:

Pregnancy

Acupuncture

Pregnancy Outcome

Randomized Controlled Trial

Double-Blind Method

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 05, 2008

Sponsored by:	University of Pennsylvania
Information provided by:	University of Pennsylvania
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00379327