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Mifepristone and Misoprostol Versus Misoprostol Alone for Mid-trimester Termination of Pregnancy (14 - 21 Weeks LMP): A Randomized-controlled Double-blinded Trial

NCT00784186 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2014-02-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary goal of this study is to determine the clinical advantage of pre-treatment with mifepristone in second trimester misoprostol induction abortion. This will be a randomized controlled double-blinded trial of 260 women comparing misoprostol alone to mifepristone plus misoprostol for second trimester (14-21 weeks' LMP) medical abortion.

Conditions

  • Abortion, Induced

Interventions

DRUG

mifepristone+misoprostol

single dose of 200 mg mifepristone followed 24 hours later by 800 mcg misoprostol administered buccally and repeated every 3 hours for a maximum of 5 doses.

DRUG

misoprostol

placebo resembling mifepristone followed 24 hours later by 800 mcg buccal misoprostol repeated every 3 hours until complete abortion or maximum of 5 doses.

DRUG

placebo

placebo resembling mifepristone taken 24 hours before 800 mcg buccal misoprostol repeated every 3 hours until complete abortion or maximum of 5 doses.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gynuity Health Projects

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Beverly Winikoff · Gynuity Health Projects

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2009-08-31
Completion
2009-08-31

Countries

  • Vietnam

Study Locations

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