Use of Misoprostol for Intrauterine Device (IUD) Insertion in Nulliparous Women

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if the use of misoprostol can make it easier for a provider, and less painful for a woman, to place an IUD if she has never had a child before.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Arizona
• Treatments: Misoprostol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Nulliparous, no prior pregnancy beyond 14 week

• Over 18 years of age

• Negative pregnancy test

Exclusion Criteria:

• current pregnancy or pregnancy within 6 weeks

• current cervicitis or PID (active or within 3 months)

• undiagnosed abnormal uterine bleeding

• allergy to copper/ Wilson's disease (for Paragard)

• cervical or uterine cancer

• uterine anomaly altering uterine cavity