NCT00907725

Does Follow-up With Serum Beta Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (BhCG) Simplify Medical Abortion?

Follow-up With Serum BhCG Simplify Medical Abortion: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 376 (actual)
• Sponsor: Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if BhCG testing to determine the completion of medical abortion simplifies the medical abortion protocol. Investigators hypothesize that women randomized to ultrasonographic determination of completion of medical abortion will have MORE follow-up visits/interventions beyond standard protocol than those randomized to medical abortion follow-up with serum BhCG. The investigators also hope to explore satisfaction with BhCG based follow-up among women seeking medical abortion. Investigators hypothesize that the majority of women who choose to follow-up with serum BhCG will be satisfied with this method of medical abortion follow-up.

Conditions

• Medical Abortion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	serum BhCG follow-up	Subjects in this arm will receive medical abortion follow-up using BhCG blood draw
OTHER	ultrasonographic follow-up	Subjects in this arm will receive medical abortion follow-up by ultrasound

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-05-01
• Primary completion: 2010-06-01
• Completion: 2010-06-01
• First posted: 2009-05-25
• Last updated: 2012-05-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States