Simplified Medical Abortion Follow-Up

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Pregnancy Tests; Abortion
• Interventions: Behavioral: Home-based follow-up with SQPT

• Registration Number: NCT02524990
• Lead Sponsor: Gynuity Health Projects

Brief Summary

The purpose of this operations research study is to evaluate women's interest in and compliance with using a semiquantitative multi-level dipstick pregnancy test at home for medical abortion follow-up.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-04
• Study First Submitted: 2015-08-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-08-13
• Study First Posted: 2015-08-17
• Primary Completion: 2015-11
• Study Completion: 2015-11
• Status Verified: 2016-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-03-03
• Last Update Posted: 2016-03-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 53

Inclusion Criteria

• She has been determined by the site investigator or designee to be fully eligible for medical abortion with mifepristone followed by misoprostol according to the site's standard criteria;
• She is willing to use the semiquantitative pregnancy test at home;
• She is wiling and able to comply with the study procedures;
• She speaks and reads English;
• She has signed the study informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Home-based follow-up with SQPT	Home-based follow-up with SQPT	For the intervention, a semiquantitative pregnancy test (SQPT) will be performed at the health center before the participants take mifepristone, and again two weeks later by the participants, at home. Study staff will call the participants at two weeks to follow-up with the participants.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patients' compliance in performing the semiquantitative pregnancy test and reporting results	Within 2 weeks after medical abortion	This will be assessed with a survey administered at the scheduled follow-up phone call. The survey will determine if the patient performed the SQPT as requested, and whether they can interpret and report the results correctly.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Carafem Health Center; 🇺🇸 Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States