# The RCT of Acupuncture on PCOS Combined With IR

> **NCT02491333** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University** · enrollment: 342 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Insulin Resistance

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** true acupuncture
- **OTHER:** sham acupuncture
- **DRUG:** metformin
- **DRUG:** Placebo metformin

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02491333
- **Lead sponsor:** The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-08
- **Primary completion:** 2018-10
- **Final completion:** 2018-10
- **Target enrollment:** 342 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-03-21

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02491333

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02491333, "The RCT of Acupuncture on PCOS Combined With IR". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02491333. Licensed CC0.

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