Efficacy of Acupuncture on Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women With Endometriosis or Adenomyosis
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT01259180
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of ths study is to determine the efficacy of acupuncture on chronic pelvic pain in women with endometriosis or adenomyosis.
Study details
- Official title
- Efficacy of Acupuncture on Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women With Endometriosis or Adenomyosis : A Preliminary Study
- Conditions
- Endometriosis
- Adenomyosis
- Pelvic Pain
- Interventions
- Procedure: acupuncture treatment
- Procedure: Sham acupunture
- Sponsor
- East West Neo Medical Center
- Start date
- 2010-12
- Primary completion
- 2011-09
- Sex
- Female
- Age range
- from 16 Years to 55 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- South Korea
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed pathologically of Endometriosis or Adenomyosis among those who had undergone laparoscopic surgery due to pelvic pain * Patients who have been on GnRH agonist treatment for 6 months after being diagnosed Endometriosis or Adenomyosis * Patients who agreed a written consent by their own will * Patients' compliance and geographical adjacency appropriate for proper follow up survey * continuous pelvic pain over VAS 5 during past 1 week on screening visit(after 6 weeks of surgery) (0='no pain', '10=most severe') Exclusion Criteria: * Those who had taken hormones or drugs that can affect diagnosis of endometriosis or adenomyosis for past 1 year * Patients found to have malignant tumor of uterus and adenexa, PID or pregnancy during surgery * Allergies to metal or contraindications for acupuncture treatment (ex: coagulopathy, epilepsy) * Unable to participate in clinical trial by doctor's judgment * irritable bowel syndrome
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01259180