Immediate Versus Delayed Insertion of the Copper IUD After Second-trimester Medical Abortion - a Randomised Controlled Trial.

niversity of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences0 个研究点目标入组 110 人开始时间: 2018年4月12日最近更新: 2023年5月29日

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•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

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niversity of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences