Acupuncture needles aim to flip breech babies before birth
NCT ID NCT00813683
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether acupuncture can help turn a breech baby (feet or bottom first) into the head-down position before birth. 259 pregnant women with a breech baby at 32-34 weeks received either real acupuncture at a specific point or a sham version. The main goal was to see if the baby had turned by 35 weeks using ultrasound.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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259 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Feb 2008
- Finished
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May 2014
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: * Single pregnancy at 32-34 weeks of pregnancy. * Fetus in breech presentation. Exclusion criteria: * Twins. * Story of preterm birth or any preterm birth risk * Fetal malformations, abnormal karyotype
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital SIHCUS - CMCO, 19 rue Louis Pasteur
Schiltigheim, 67303, France
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