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Routine Follow-up Versus Self-assessment in Medical Abortion

NCT01487213 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 929

Last updated 2013-08-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main objective of the study is to optimize the routines for follow-up after medical abortion in order to give women more autonomy by reducing the number of consultations involved and to reduce the frequency of postabortal curettage.

This will be achieved by providing means for women for postabortal self-assessment with the use of a quantitative urinary hCG test.

Conditions

  • Medical Abortion

Interventions

OTHER

Home self assessment of complete medical abortion

Self assessment of complete abortion using a home semiquantitative U-hCG test. Follow-up out patient review two-three weeks later by qualified practitioner to evaluate success of procedure using the clinic's standard routine. The patient charts will be reviewed after three months in order to control for possible extra visits related to abortion-related complications.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ullevaal University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Helsinki

    collaborator OTHER

  • Gynmed Clinic Vienna

    collaborator OTHER

  • Karolinska Institutet

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, MD, PhD · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • Austria
  • Finland
  • Norway
  • Sweden

Study Locations

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