Acupuncture treatment for menstrual disorder in women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

A randomised, single blinded, placebo controlled clinical trial of the effectiveness of Acupuncture in management of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome – A multicentre trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000073202

Enrollment

Registered

2009-01-30

Start date

2008-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study is aimed to evaluate the role of acupuncture treatment for menstrual disorder in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome.

Interventions

Body Acupuncture on selected body acupuncture points to be administered once a week for 12 weeks duration. Each acupuncture session lasts for 20 minutes. Principal acupuncture points used include R3, R4, EX-CA-18, SP6, ST 36.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 45 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Rottendam Consensus on PCOS: Any patient with the presence of 2 out of 3 criteria as listed below will be considered as having Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: 1, Oligo/anovulation; 2, hyperandrogenaemia; 3, polycystic ovaries

Exclusion criteria

Patients with one or more of the following conditions will be excluded: 1, Other active ovarian, uterine or pelvic inflammatory diseases; 2, Major systemic diseases; 3, Pregnancy

Outcome results