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Acupuncture Effect on the Rate of Maturation in Post Term Pregnancies.

Acupuncture Effect on the Rate of Maturation in Post Term Pregnancies.

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04744168
Acronym
MATUPUNCTURE
Enrollment
128
Registered
2021-02-08
Start date
2021-03-09
Completion date
2021-09-16
Last updated
2026-05-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Pregnancy Beyond 41 Week's Gestation

Keywords

Bishop's score, Maturation, Acupuncture, Pregnancy

Brief summary

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Detailed description

In maternity hospital center Corbeil-Essonnes, pregnant women have two monitoring consultations at term and three days later if they don't deliver between the two. At 41 weeks of amenorrhea and five days, women are convened in maternity for induction labour. Midwife determined Bishop's score with a vaginal exam to choose between a cervix's maturation (if bishop's score \<5) or an induction of labour by oxytocin (if bishop's score\>5). The protocol of study consists of proposing to the pregnant women one or two acupuncture sessions the term's day and three days later. Once the consent is signed, women are randomly included in the experimental or placebo arm. In the experimental arm, midwives puncture five points : 4GI, 6 RP, 34VB, 36E, 3F on each side while in the placebo arm, they puncture just one point : 16 HM on each side. At each consultation, the midwife collects the bishop's score to compare the average of it between the two arms and evaluate the rate of maturation. The maturation's rate between the two groups will be compared by a Fisher's exact test and analyzed in function parity (nulliparous or multiparous) and number of sessions (one or two) with a model of univariate and multivariate logistic regression. Finally, the average duration of induction labour will analyze, duration of labour and delivery route between the two arms.

Interventions

OTHERAcupuncture

Puncture of 5 points 4GI, 6RP, 34VB, 36E, 3F

OTHERPlacebo Acupuncture

Puncture of point HM

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

Women will be distributed randomly in the experimental or the placebo arm. They won't know that the point 16 HM isn't effective on cervix maturation. They will believe that both techniques work.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Nulliparous or multipares with physiological pregnancy at 41 weeks * Cephalic foetal presentation, * Healthy or unicicatricial uterus, * Major patientes, * Speaking french, * Term of the pregnancy determinated with a dating ultrasound between 11 weeks and 13 weeks+ 6 days, * Having signed the form of consent participation.

Exclusion criteria

* Foetal or maternal diseases requiring a maturation before 41 weeks : pre eclampsia, pre-existing diabetes, imbalance gestational diabetes, threat premature delivery treat with tocolytic, macrosomia or intrauterine growth retardation, * Diseases discoveries at 41 weeks : pre eclampsia, moves of the baby decrease, low amniotic fluid,anomalies of the foetal heartbeat * Circled pregnancy, * Twins or more, * Foetal death in utero, medical termination of pregnancy, * Unstuck membranes, * Minor patients * Patients who benefited acupuncture during pregnancy , * Imprecise term of delivery, * Podalic presentation * Patients under supervision or curatorship, * Patients without social security.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Bishop scoreAt 41 weeks of amenorrheacervix score is a pre-labor scoring system to assist in predicting whether induction of labor will be required (The highest possible score is 13 and the lowest possible score is 0)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Rate spontaneous labourAt 41 weeks 5 days of amenorrheacomparison of spontaneous labour's number in the two groups between 41 weeks of amenorrhea and 41 weeks of amenorrhea and five days.
Duration laborAt 41 weeks 5 days of amenorrheacomparison of average number of hours between entry into the delivery room and the delivery, in the two groups.
Rate of delivery with medical interventionAt 41 weeks 5 days of amenorrheacomparison medical intervention's number in the two groups.
Rate of delivery by cesareanAt 41 weeks 5 days of amenorrheacomparison cesarean's number in the two groups

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: May 23, 2026