NCT06073379Completed
Efficacy of Korean Manupuncture on Pain in Women With Endometriosis: a Parallel-group Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Endometriosis is defined as the presence and development of hormone-dependent endometrial tissue comprising both glands and stroma outside the endometrium and myometrium. It affects 10-15% of women of childbearing age; of these, 25% are diagnosed following a consultation for infertility, and 25% following a consultation for pelvic pain. This disease has a strong functional (pain and infertility) and organic impact, its numerous symptoms can have a considerable effect on quality of life. Individualized analgesic management with multidisciplinary care (medical, surgical and psychological) can improve quality of life for women with endometriosis, but current treatment remains insufficient. Korean manupuncture is a complementary treatment technique that does not interact with current treatments. It's a holistic discipline that draws up a highly detailed map of the body's correspondence on the hand. Each body zone corresponds to a zone on the hand. The aim of this research is to evaluate the effect of Korean manupuncture on endometriosis-related pain. Patients will be randomly assigned to 2 groups, 30 to the "Korean manupuncture" group and 30 to the "placebo/control" group. Patients will be blinded to their assigned group.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 74 (actual)
- First submitted
- 29 Sept 2023
- Start date
- 29 Nov 2023
- Primary completion date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
- Diseases
- Endometriosis
- NCT number
- NCT06073379
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 74
- From 29 Nov 2023 to the primary completion date, 9 Jul 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Cognitive impairment
Other
- Not affiliated to the national health insurance system
- Person under legal protection (curatorship, guardianship)
- Person under court order
- Pregnant or breast-feeding women
- Menopausal women (menopause is defined as amenorrhea lasting more than 12 consecutive months)
- An adult unable to give consent
- Women who have had a hysterectomy
- Women who cannot speak or read French
- Hands not accessible for treatment
- Inability to follow the entire protocol
Who the study is looking for
- Person having given oral consent
- Woman of legal age
- Woman diagnosed with endometriosis consulting for pain management
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chu Dijon Bourgogne Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dijon | France | Unknown status |
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