Pain Relief in Women Undergoing Oocyte Retrieval (OR) With Electro-acupuncture (EA) or Conscious Sedation (CS) in a Single Assisted Reproduction Centre.

Can Acupuncture Replace Conscious Sedation in In-Vitro-Fertilization Transvginal Oocyte Retrievals?

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07041632

Acronym

Enrollment

Registered

2025-06-27

Start date

2015-01-31

Completion date

2018-01-31

Last updated

2025-06-27

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Conditions

Pain Intensity Assessment

Keywords

acupuncture, oocyte retrieval, sedation

Brief summary

This study aims to determine whether one can replace pain relief in women undergoing oocyte retrieval (OR) using electro-acupuncture (EA) instead of conscious sedation (CS).

Detailed description

A total of 60 women were randomized and 29 women were on electro-acupuncture (EA) versus 27 women on conscious sedation (CS) with intravenous medication for transvaginal egg extraction (OR) in IVF. Pain scores were recorded before , during and after egg extraction when the women were on conscious sedation and electro-acupuncture. Side effects were recorded. Physical parameters were recorded. Livebirth outcome were also recorded.

Interventions

OTHERelectro-acupuncture

electro-acupuncture for pain relief in egg collection in IVF

OTHERConscious sedation

IVf egg collection using conscious sedation as the usual analgesia

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

randomised control

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

21 Years to 45 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

all women undergoing ivf and have given consent -

Exclusion criteria

women who have infectious skin diseases, women who were unwilling to accept acupunture, history of bleeding disorders. \-

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain relief during egg collection	from start of egg collection. to 120 minutes after egg collection	Pain score 1 to 10 during egg collection in IVF compared between using acupuncture and conscious sedation

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Stress, satisfaction measurement and physical parameters between acupuncture and conscious sedation during egg collection in IVF	Up to 120 minutes after egg collection	Stress score and satisfaction outcome scores 0 to 10 for pain relief between acupuncture and conscious sedation during egg collection were recorded. For the stress score, zero is equivalent to no stress and 10 indicates the worst possible stress. For the satisfaction score, zero is equivalent to no satisfaction at all and 10 is the highest satisfaction.

Countries

Singapore

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026