Immediate Versus Delayed Insertion of the Copper Intrauterine Device (IUD) After Medication Abortion
Completed · Phase 4
Conditions studied: Contraception
In brief
After medication abortion, women may quickly become pregnant again and therefore need an effective birth control method right away. Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are very effective for preventing pregnancy. IUDs are usually placed more than a month after abortion. This study will randomly assign women having a medication abortion to two groups, either having the IUD inserted one week after medication abortion or having the IUD inserted more than four weeks later. Women will be followed for six months to compare how many return for IUD placement in the two groups, how many are using the IUD after six months, experience with pain, bleeding, and cramping, how easy or difficult it is to insert the IUD, how many IUDs are expelled or removed, and how many women are using any birth control six months after the abortion.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00737178
- Run by
- Columbia University
- People needed
- 156
- Starts
- 2008-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-09-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Undergoing medication abortion
- 18 or older
- Desires IUD as birth control method for a minimum of six months
- Speaks Spanish or English
- Has a working phone number or pager
- Is willing to attend visits and will be in the area for next six months
- Has signed informed consent
You may not qualify if…
- Chlamydia, gonorrhea, or pelvic inflammatory disease within the past three months
- Known bleeding diathesis including anti-coagulation
- Uterine abnormality including sub-mucous myomas that significantly distort the uterine cavity
- Current cervical, uterine, or ovarian malignancy
- high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on most recent pap
- IUD insertion contraindicated by the World Health Organization's Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (category 3 or 4)
Where it is running
- Special Gynecology Services — New York, New York, United States
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