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Intrauterine Contraception (IUC) After Medical Abortion

NCT01537562 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 129

Last updated 2012-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Today a large proportion of early abortions are medical, in accordance to the woman's choice. The main objective of the present study was to compare, in a randomised fashion, initiation of intrauterine contraception (IUC) at about 1 week versus 3 to 4 weeks post medical abortion with regard to expulsions and safety.

Conditions

  • IUC Insertion After Medical Abortion

Interventions

OTHER

Timing of IUC insertion

Patients randomised to early insertion had their IUC inserted on day 5-9 after mifepristone treatment while patients randomised to delayed insertion had the IUC insertion at about 3 to 4 weeks after mifepristone.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kristina Gemzell Danielsson, MD, PhD · WHO centre, Dept of Women's and Childrens' Health, Div of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet/ Karolinska Univeristy Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2010-04-30
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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