Refining Paracervical Block Techniques for Pain Control in First Trimester Surgical Abortion

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine the level of pain women experience with a surgical abortion and the effect that varying paracervical block techniques might have on that pain. These different techniques involve wait time following the injection as well as the number of sites injected.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01466491
Run by: Oregon Health and Science University
People needed: 332
Starts: 2011-10-01
Expected to finish: 2013-05-01
Last updated by the study team: 2019-11-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

age 18 years or older
voluntarily requesting pregnancy termination
ultrasound-confirmed intrauterine pregnancy up to 10 6/7 weeks gestational age
generally healthy
English or Spanish speaking
able or willing to sign an informed consent and agree to terms of the study

You may not qualify if…

gestational age over 10 6/7 weeks (due to routine use of misoprostol starting at this gestational age at the study sites)
incomplete abortion
failed medical abortion
required or requested IV sedation (prior to randomization)
patient who declines Ibuprofen, Lorazepam or PCB
medical contraindication or allergy to any of the study medications
chronic use of narcotic pain medication or heroin
significant physical or mental health condition
adnexal mass or tenderness on pelvic exam consistent with inflammatory disease
known hepatic disease
women who, in the opinion of the investigator, are not suitable for the study protocol

Where it is running

Oregon Health & Science University — Portland, Oregon, United States
Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette — Portland, Oregon, United States

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