Comparing the Effectiveness of Oral Versus Intravenous Pain Medicine for Suction Curettage (D&C)

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Undesired Pregnancy

In brief

The main objective of this study is to determine the equivalency of oral conscious sedation and intravenous conscious sedation for first trimester surgical abortion. We hypothesize that oral conscious sedation will be equivalent to intravenous conscious sedation for pain control. Additional objectives include describing subject satisfaction with each method of pain control and characteristics of each method such as side effect profile, recovery room time, and postoperative pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00337792

Run by

Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts

People needed

132

Starts

2006-06-01

Expected to finish

2007-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-03-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or older.
• Undesired pregnancy between 6 0/7-12 6/7 weeks gestation.
• Has already signed consent for pregnancy termination.
• Eligible for IV sedation per clinic protocol.

You may not qualify if…

• Under 120 lbs.
• Allergies to any of the drugs being studied.
• Chronic narcotics, barbiturates or benzodiazepine use within the past year.
• History of IV drug use within the last year.
• Inability to give informed consent.
• Does not speak English or Spanish and does not have translator for all study procedures
• Previously participated in study

Where it is running

• Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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