Second Trimester Pregnancy Termination With Foley Catheter

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pregnancy Termination
• Interventions: Device: Foley catheter

• Registration Number: NCT03532503
• Lead Sponsor: Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

One of the methods used to induce second trimester pregnancy termination is the placement of a transcervical Foley catheter. The aim of this randomized controlled study was to assess in pregnant women with an unfavourable cervix, whether there is a difference in efficacy between the two most commonly used insufflation volumes of Foley catheter (30mL and 50mL).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-04-15
• Study First Submitted: 2018-05-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-05-09
• Study First Posted: 2018-05-22
• Status Verified: 2019-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-16
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-20
• Primary Completion: 2019-09-15
• Study Completion: 2019-09-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• singleton pregnancies
• second trimester pregnancy ermination

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Exclusion Criteria

• multiple pregnancies

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Foley catheter filled with 30 ml	Foley catheter	The transcervical placement of the foley catheter will be performed and it will be filled with 30 ml saline. A gentle traction will be applied.
Foley catheter filled with 50 ml	Foley catheter	The transcervical placement of the foley catheter will be performed and it will be filled with 50 ml saline. A gentle traction will be applied.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
induction abortus interval	up to five days	time to abortus will be recorded

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kanuni SSTRH; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey