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title: Pain Relief in Women Undergoing Oocyte Retrieval (OR) With Electro-acupuncture (EA) or Conscious Sedation (CS) in a Single Assisted Reproduction Centre.
nct_id: NCT07041632
overall_status: COMPLETED
phase: NA
sponsor: Singapore General Hospital
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
primary_condition: Pain Intensity Assessment
countries: Singapore
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# Pain Relief in Women Undergoing Oocyte Retrieval (OR) With Electro-acupuncture (EA) or Conscious Sedation (CS) in a Single Assisted Reproduction Centre.

**Official Title:** Can Acupuncture Replace Conscious Sedation in In-Vitro-Fertilization Transvginal Oocyte Retrievals?

**NCT ID:** [NCT07041632](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07041632)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 60
- **Lead Sponsor:** Singapore General Hospital
- **Collaborators:** Ministry of Health, Singapore
- **Conditions:** Pain Intensity Assessment
- **Start Date:** 2015-01
- **Completion Date:** 2018-01-31
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2025-06-27

## 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.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 21 Years
- **Maximum age:** 45 Years
- **Sex:** FEMALE
- **Healthy Volunteers:** Yes

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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.

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## Arms

- **electro-acupuncture** (ACTIVE_COMPARATOR) — Electro-acupunture is compared to Conscious sedation during egg collection in IVF
- **Conscious sedation for egg collection** (ACTIVE_COMPARATOR) — Conscious sedation is the common analgesia used in egg collection in IVF

## Interventions

- **electro-acupuncture** (OTHER) — electro-acupuncture for pain relief in egg collection in IVF
- **Conscious sedation** (OTHER) — IVf egg collection using conscious sedation as the usual analgesia

## Primary Outcomes

- **Pain relief during egg collection** _(time frame: 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 Outcomes

- **Stress, satisfaction measurement and physical parameters between acupuncture and conscious sedation during egg collection in IVF** _(time frame: Up to 120 minutes after egg collection)_

## Locations (1)

- Centre for Assisted Reproduction, Singapore, Singapore

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