Different Routes of Misoprostol Prior to First Trimester Surgical Abortion

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2016-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

A randomized clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of same-day cervical preparation with oral, buccal or vaginal Misoprostol, given 2-4 hours prior first trimester curettage.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Wolfson Medical Center
• Treatments: Misoprostol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients admitted for elective first trimester abortion (termination of pregnancy/ missed abortion) at Wolfson Medical Center, gestational age <13+0 weeks

• Written consent supplied

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindications to prostaglandin treatment (severe asthma, glaucoma, severe cardiac disease, renal failure)

• Prostaglandin allergy

• Genital infection

• Space-occupying lesion in the endocervical canal

• Prior cervical surgery