Dilapan Versus Laminaria

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cervical Preparation

In brief

This is a randomized, blinded clinical trial comparing overnight laminaria versus same-day Dilapan for cervical preparation for surgical abortions occurring between fourteen and eighteen weeks gestation. Comparisons will be made between procedure time, need for additional dilation, occurrence of complications, and patient and provider satisfaction. Hypothesis: Cervical preparation for surgical abortion, between fourteen and eighteen weeks gestation, with same-day Dilapan is non-inferior to cervical preparation with overnight laminaria within a five-minute difference. Primary objective: Determine differences in procedure times Secondary objectives: Examine complications, and need for additional dilation between early second-trimester surgical abortions performed after cervical preparation with same-day Dilapan versus those performed after cervical preparation with overnight laminaria

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00775983

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

72

Starts

2008-10-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-11-14

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Pregnancy between fourteen and eighteen weeks gestation
• Request for elective abortion and certainty of decision to proceed

You may not qualify if…

• Incarceration
• Minor status (women younger than eighteen years)
• Allergy to Dilapan or laminaria
• Inability to speak and understand Spanish or English

Where it is running

• San Francisco General Hospital — San Francisco, California, United States

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