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Immediate Versus Delayed Insertion of the Copper Intrauterine Device (IUD) After Medication Abortion

NCT00737178 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 156

Last updated 2014-09-19

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Summary

After medication abortion, women may quickly become pregnant again and therefore need an effective birth control method right away. Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are very effective for preventing pregnancy. IUDs are usually placed more than a month after abortion. This study will randomly assign women having a medication abortion to two groups, either having the IUD inserted one week after medication abortion or having the IUD inserted more than four weeks later. Women will be followed for six months to compare how many return for IUD placement in the two groups, how many are using the IUD after six months, experience with pain, bleeding, and cramping, how easy or difficult it is to insert the IUD, how many IUDs are expelled or removed, and how many women are using any birth control six months after the abortion.

Conditions

  • Contraception

Interventions

DEVICE

CuT380A

Comparison of different timing of IUD insertion

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Anne Davis, MD MPH · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2009-10-31
Completion
2011-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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