NCT06306417Completed
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for Insulin Resistance in Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Jun 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
To determine the efficacy and safety of 2 different treatment modalities: 1) acupuncture plus lifestyle management (treatment group), 2) placebo plus lifestyle management (control group) in the treatment of insulin resistance in PCOS patients.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 144 (actual)
- First submitted
- 19 Feb 2024
- Start date
- 28 Sept 2023
- Primary completion date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Peking University Third Hospital
- NCT number
- NCT06306417
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 144
- From 28 Sept 2023 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Pharmacological treatment (cortizone, antidepressant, other antidiabetic treatment such as insulin and acarbose, hormonal contraceptives, hormonal ovulation induction or other drugs judged by discretion of investigator) within 12 weeks. Depo Provera or similar within 6 months.
Other illness
- Exclusion of other endocrine disorders such as androgen secreting tumors, suspected Cushing's syndrome and non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (17-hydroxyprogesterone \< 3nmol/L) thyroid dysfunction and hyperprolactinemia.
- Type I diabetes or not well controlled type II diabetes
- Stage 2 hypertension (resting blood pressure ≥160/100mmHg)
- Psychiatric diagnoses or using psychiatric medications including antidepressants
Who the study is looking for
- For the PCOS group, PCOS diagnosis according to Rotterdam criteria 2003 with at least two of the following three symptoms: (1) infrequent ovulation or anovulation; (2) hyperandrogenism or clinical manifestations of high blood androgen; (3) ultrasound findings of polycystic ovaries in 1 or 2 ovaries, or ≥12 follicles measuring 2 to 9 mm in diameter, and/or ovarian volume ≥10 mL
Age in the registry: 18 years to 40 years · Sex: Female · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peking University Third Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
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