NCT04026789

Medication Abortion for Pregnancy of Unknown Location

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare time to completed abortion between two protocols for patients seeking medication abortion - same-day start versus delay-for-diagnosis - in the setting of asymptomatic, low-risk, pregnancy of unknown location.

Conditions

• Pregnancy Related

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Same-day-start	Patients seeking medication abortion who are shown to have an asymptomatic, low-risk pregnancy of unknown location who are randomized to same-day start will have their medication abortion initiated on the day that they present for services while simultaneously ruling out ectopic pregnancy with serial hcg testing
OTHER	Delay-for-diagnosis	Patients seeking medication abortion who are shown to have an asymptomatic, low-risk pregnancy of unknown location who are randomized to delay-for-diagnosis will first have ectopic pregnancy ruled out with serial hcg and ultrasounds prior to initiating medication abortion

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-22
• Primary completion: 2021-07-17
• Completion: 2021-07-31
• First posted: 2019-07-19
• Last updated: 2020-10-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States