The Effect of Acupuncture on Pregnancy Rates in Women Undergoing Embryo Transfer

The Effect of Acupuncture on Pregnancy Rates in Women Undergoing Embryo Transfer After in Vitro Fertilization: A Prospective Randomized Sham-controlled Trial

The present study is designed to test the hypothesis that acupuncture, before and after embryo transfer, significantly improves pregnancy rates, compared to embryo transfer with sham acupuncture and no acupuncture at all.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patient is undergoing embryo transfer after IVF or ICSI
• patient has given informed consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• frozen embryo transfer
• previous enrollment in study