De-Medicalizing Mifepristone Medical Abortion
Completed
Conditions studied: Medical Abortion
In brief
This study will investigate the possibility that medical abortion using mifepristone and misoprostol - a safe, proven therapy for terminating early first trimester pregnancy - can be administered in a manner that is simpler and less costly than that routinely employed in the United States. The researchers hypothesize that: 1. Practitioners themselves, based on history and examination but without sonography, are able to dependably and correctly determine which patients are eligible for medical abortion and which patients either are not eligible or require further evaluation to determine eligibility. 2. Practitioners themselves, based on a symptom diary and low-sensitivity pregnancy test but without sonography, are able to dependably and correctly determine when a successful medical abortion has taken place and when referral for other possible outcomes should be made. 3. A symptom diary and low-sensitivity pregnancy test are safe and effective means of separating those women who could benefit from a follow-up visit from those who do not need one.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00120224
- Run by
- Gynuity Health Projects
- People needed
- 4410
- Starts
- 2005-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2007-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2007-04-27
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Women presenting at study clinics for medical abortion who agree to complete home study card and return for follow-up visit
You may not qualify if…
- Women presenting at study clinics for medical abortion who do not agree to participate in study.
Where it is running
- Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties — San Diego, California, United States
- Family Planning Associates Medical Group — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Planned Parenthood of New York City — New York, New York, United States
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