NCT02013960

Misoprostol vs. Sublingual Misoprostol and Laminaria For Second Trimester Termination of Pregnancy

Comparison Between Sublingual Misoprostol vs. Sublingual Misoprostol and Laminaria For Second Trimester Termination of Pregnancy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Rambam Health Care Campus · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

1. Comparison between the duration of time from the beginning of cervical preparation until abortion, between sublingual misoprostol and the combination of sublingual misoprostol with laminaria for second trimester medical termination of pregnancy (TOP). 2. Comparison between the adverse event rate following Sublingual misoprostol only vs. Sublingual misoprostol and laminaria given for pregnancy termination. 3. Comparison between the levels of satisfaction rate of women who underwent pregnancy termination with sublingual misoprostol vs. sublingual misoprostol with laminaria.

Detailed description

A prospective randomized control trial; 50 women undergoing pregnancy termination in the second trimester (14-28 weeks)in each group. Following receiving an ethical approval by the local institutional review board (IRB), committee, consecutively all women in between 14 weeks to 28 weeks; that have a reason for termination of pregnancy like: intrauterine fetal death or medical or genetic indications for termination of pregnancy or socioeconomic termination of pregnancy will be offered to take part in the study. If eligible according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, women will be asked to sign a consent form. All participants will undergo blood exams (CBC, Prothrombin time, Partial thromboplastin time , and BLOOD TYPING) and ultrasound exam for Confirmation of diagnosis as routinely indicated for missed abortion at our department

Conditions

• Other Abortion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Cytotec	Cytotec medication compared with cytotec and laminaria

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2013-12-17
• Last updated: 2013-12-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel