Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Pain Control During Cervical Dilator Placement Prior to Dilation and Evacuation

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pain Management

In brief

This study evaluates the use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) as a method of pain control during osmotic dilator insertion prior to dilation and evacuation. Half the group will have an active TENS unit and half will have a sham or placebo TENS unit.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03868787

Run by

Ashley Turner, MD

People needed

74

Starts

2019-05-01

Expected to finish

2021-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-07-25

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Women ≥ 18 years of age
• Gestational age between 14 weeks and 23 weeks 6 days
• Willing and able to sign an informed consent in English
• No contraindications to TENS

You may not qualify if…

• Incarceration
• Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes or evidence of intra-amniotic infection
• Presence of implanted cardiac device
• Lack of sensation to touch on area of electrode placement
• Prior TENS use
• Opioid dependence

Where it is running

• Northwestern Center for Family Planning and Contraception — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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