TENS for Suction Evacuation for Termination of 1st Trimester Pregnancies

NCT03494842 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 170

Last updated 2018-04-11

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Summary

To study the effectiveness of the pain relief method of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for women who will undergo suction evacuation under conscious sedation for first trimester termination of pregnancy.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy, Abdominal
  • Termination of Pregnancy
  • Pain, Nerve

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TENS)

The active TENS unit (delivers electrical stimulation) with indicator light

DEVICE

Placebo Transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TENS)

the placebo TENS unit (delivers no electrical stimulation) with indicator light

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Keedon Wong, MBBS · Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-04-26
Primary Completion
2020-01-22
Completion
2020-03-22

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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