Nitrous Oxide for Pain Management of First Trimester Surgical Abortion

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Abortion in First Trimester

In brief

The purpose of this research is to study the effect of nitrous oxide on pain felt by women having a surgical termination at less than 11 weeks compared to pain felt by women receiving oral pain medications.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02096575

Run by

University of New Mexico

People needed

140

Starts

2012-08-01

Expected to finish

2015-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-19

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• 18 years old or older,
• elective pregnancy termination at gestational age of less than 11 weeks,
• speak English
• candidate for an in-clinic procedure.
• desire local anesthesia, ibuprofen, Vicodin and Ativan (the usual treatment in our clinic) for managing pain

You may not qualify if…

• no medical problems preventing the use of nitrous oxide
• no allergies to nitrous oxide, lidocaine, vasopressin, ibuprofen, Vicodin or Ativan
• significant active upper respiratory infection
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• intoxication
• use of street drugs

Where it is running

• University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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