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CompletedNCT03461055Updated Jun 26, 2018

Lavender During Intrauterine Insemination

An interventional study of Lavender and Water in Infertility, Female and Anxiety, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 45 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-06-26.

Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 9 months after the study started (first participant enrolled May 2017, registered Mar 2018).

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
62
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 45 Years
Sex
Female
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 65 studies in Infertility, Female with a site in United States — 22 open to participants now, 25 under way, none of them phase 3. Infertility, Female · United States.

Enrollment
23rd of 47
62 · median 50
Started
2017
with 4 others
No phase
30 of 65
11 open now
Registered
15th of 65
by date

Among the 65 studies in Infertility, Female with a site in United States, this one is the 23rd largest by enrollment of the 47 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 5 that started in 2017, is one of 30 with no phase, and was the 15th registered.

Infertility, Female

552 studies on the registry are indexed under Infertility, Female; 137 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

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Who these studies take

Of the 91 Infertility, Female studies recruiting now, 10 (11%) set no upper age limit and 81 (89%) stop at 75 or younger; 9 take children under 18; 30 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 45 Years · female · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

The Researchers hope to learn if by using lavender aromatherapy during an intrauterine insemination patients have decreased anxiety and pain at the time of the procedure.

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Infertility patients have a high level of anxiety before and during infertility treatments due to anticipated discomfort of a procedure and anticipation of a long awaited pregnancy. Aromatherapy with lavender, an essential oil, has been shown to be effective in reducing anxiety and pain in a variety of procedures such as Botox injections, cesarean delivery and intrauterine device placement.

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Conditions studied

  • Infertility, Female
  • Anxiety
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 45 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Women undergoing intrauterine insemination
  • English speaking

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Allergy to lavender oil or its components
  • Currently using aromatherapy
  • to intrauterine insemination
  • Contraindication to pregnancy
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
62 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Lavender

    Lavandula angustifolia aromatherapy. 1 drop on a cotton ball placed in a porous pouch. Given to patients at the time of their intrauterine insemination.

    Other: Lavender

  • Placebo comparator
    Water

    1 drop of water on a cotton ball placed in a porous pouch. Given to patients at the time of their intrauterine insemination.

    Other: Water

Interventions

  • OtherLavender

    Lavender aromatherapy

    Also known as: Lavandula angustifolia

  • OtherWater

    Water

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Anxiety

    Anxiety level using a standard visual analog scale. Scale is from 0-100 mm. 0 is absent anxiety. 100 mm is maximal anxiety.

    Time frame: During intrauterine insemination procedure

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pain

    Pain score using Wong-Baker pain scale of 0-10. 0 being absent pain and 10 being maximal pain.

    Time frame: During intrauterine insemination procedure

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Study locations

1 site
  • Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
08

Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from May 2017 to primary completion in Mar 2018, 10 months.

Of 141 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Infertility, Female, half reached primary completion within 23 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 41. This study's 10 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 155 studies reached it within 23 months; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 41.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Mar 5, 2018
First posted
Mar 9, 2018
StartActual
May 24, 2017
Primary completionActual
Mar 29, 2018
CompletionActual
Apr 16, 2018
Last update
Jun 26, 2018
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 26, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03461055
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Responsible party
Elizabeth A. Stewart (Principal Investigator, Mayo Clinic) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 9, 2018
Start date
May 24, 2017
Primary completion
Mar 29, 2018
Completion
Apr 16, 2018
Last update
Jun 26, 2018

Study contacts

Elizabeth Stewart, MD
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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