Clinical Trial: Use of Acupuncture for Stimulation of Labour

Study Status: Terminated
Recruit Status: Terminated
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Use of Acupuncture for Stimulation of Labour

Brief Summary:

Hypothesis:Acupuncture can be used as stimulation of labour in case of primary og secondary inertia.

A randomized controlled trial including 150 pregnant women Acupuncture has become a natural part of the range of obstetric treatments offered in danish delivery wards, but there is only little evidence to the effect of the acupuncture.

The women are randomized into to groups.

  1. Acupuncture, Acu.points: KI3, Ki6, SP6, BL60, LI4, BL67(acupressure)
  2. No treatment

The women will be asked in case beginning signs of inertia, if they want to parcipitate in the trial.

Inclusion criteria:

  1. Normal pregnancy
  2. In labour (orificium < 8 cm), 37th week or thereafter
  3. Ruptured membranes
  4. Primary or secondary inertia

The women will just before randomization be vaginally explored and fetal heart monitored. The meassure of effect happens two hours after randomization.

The midwife who measures the effect, is blinded to the treatment or lack of, and also on the including exploration.

Secondary effect meassures: length of labour, use of oxytocin and number of contracions pr/min meassured twice:

1. before the randomization and again 1 hour after randomization.


Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Herning Hospital

Current Primary Outcome:

Original Primary Outcome: The dilatation of orificium two hours after randomization

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • use of oxytocin [ Time Frame: additional need for oxytocin infusion in 1. stage and 2. stage ]
  • number of contractions/30 minutes [ Time Frame: number og contractions in 1st. stage and 2nd. stage ]


Original Secondary Outcome:

  • length of labour,
  • use of oxytocin and
  • number of contracions pr/30 min meassured twice:


Information By: Herning Hospital

Dates:
Date Received: January 18, 2006
Date Started: October 2002
Date Completion:
Last Updated: July 1, 2008
Last Verified: July 2008