Acupuncture for the Prevention of Postdates Pregnancy

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT00312585
• Date of registration: 06/04/2006
• Primary sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Public title: Acupuncture for the Prevention of Postdates Pregnancy
• Scientific title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture to Prevent Postdates Pregnancy
• Date of first enrolment: February 2005
• Target sample size: 89
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00312585
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Countries of recruitment

United States

Contacts

• Name: Teresa Harper, MD
• Affiliation: UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Ob/Gyn

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- first, full-term pregnancy

- 38-41 weeks gestation

- English or Spanish speaking

- Bishop score of 7 or less

Exclusion Criteria:

- uncertain pregnancy dating

- transportation difficulties

- previous inability to tolerate acupuncture

- age less than 18



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Pregnancy

Intervention(s)

Procedure: Acupuncture

Procedure: Sham comparator

Procedure: Usual care only

Primary Outcome(s)

prevention of inpatient induction of labor

Secondary Outcome(s)

length of maternal hospital stay

neonatal outcomes

rate of cesarean delivery

rates of assisted delivery

rates of chorioamnionitis

Secondary ID(s)

G0418

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors