Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0064122129
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The study has a null hypothesis that acupressure does not affect the outcome of patients with nausea and vomiting in pregnancy as measured by objective indices.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Prospective single-blind randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Pregnancy and Childbirth: Nausea and vomiting
Intervention
Acupressure vs no acupressure
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/12/2002
Overall trial end date
01/07/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
120 patients will be recruited
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Female
Target number of participants
120
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/12/2002
Recruitment end date
01/07/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
City Hospital
Birmingham
B18 7QH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust - City Hospital (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2006 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16522418
Publication citations
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Results
Heazell A, Thorneycroft J, Walton V, Etherington I, Acupressure for the in-patient treatment of nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy: a randomized control trial., Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol., 2006, 194, 3, 815-820, doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.08.042.