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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00466999
Date of registration: 25/04/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Gynuity Health Projects
Public title: Sublingual Misoprostol Versus Standard Surgical Care for the Treatment of Incomplete Abortion
Scientific title: Sublingual Misoprostol Versus Standard Surgical Care for the Treatment of Incomplete Abortion
Date of first enrolment: February 2007
Target sample size: 1000
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00466999
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Burkina Faso Egypt Mauritania Niger Senegal
Contacts
Name:     Rasha Dabash, MPH
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Affiliation:  Gynuity Health Projects
Name:     Beverly Winikoff, MD, MPH
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Affiliation:  Gynuity Health Projects
Name:     Ayisha Diop, MPH
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Affiliation:  Gynuity Health Projects
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Uterine size no larger than 12 weeks LMP at time of presentation for care.

- Past or present history of vaginal bleeding during pregnancy.

- Open cervical os.

- If ultrasound used evidence of incomplete abortion with substantial debris in the
uterus.

- All women would have been advised to have surgical evacuation of the uterus if
misoprostol was not available.

- General good health.

- Willing to provide contact information for purposes of follow-up.

- Also in Egypt: 21 years of age or over or parental permission (there is no minimum
age requirement in Niger, Mauritania and Senegal).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Contraindications to study drug

- Signs of severe infection, defined as at least one of the following: 1) foul smelling
discharge, 2) fever > 38 degrees C , 3) uterine tenderness

- Hemodynamic disturbances (pulse >110/min and systolic bp <100)

- Have an IUD in place; (the IUD may be removed making the woman eligible)

- Suspected ectopic pregnancy



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Incomplete Abortion
Intervention(s)
Procedure: surgery
Drug: misoprostol
Primary Outcome(s)
Complete abortion without recourse to surgical intervention. [Time Frame: follow up visit 7 days after initial treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2.2.2
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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