Immediate Versus Delayed IUD Insertion After Second Trimester Medical Abortio
- Conditions
- Pregnancy and ChildbirthContraception after second trimester medical abortion
- Registration Number
- PACTR201804003324963
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 110
Age 18 years or older;
Able to speak English, Afrikaans or Xhosa;
Requesting abortion and eligible for legal termination of pregnancy according to standard practice at the hospital;
Gestational age (GA) 13-20 weeks verified by ultrasound (most women will be >16 weeks GA at the study site, however women with GA 13-15 weeks will be eligible);
Interested and eligible for the copper IUD as a post-abortion contraceptive method;
Willing to do a telephone interview at 3- and 6-months post-abortion;
Able to provide a working phone telephone number to allow for contact for follow up interviews;
Willing to be randomized to immediate or delayed IUD insertion; and
Willing and able to provide informed consent
Active pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic tuberculosis; severe thrombocytopenia;
Severe dysmenorrhea
Copper allergy
Hb <10g/dL
Uterine anomaly preventing placement of the IUD; cervical cancer or carcinoma in-situ, untreated high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions
Desire for repeat pregnancy in following 12 months
Hemorrhage; or ruptured uterus
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method