Is evacuation of retained products of conception routinely required for incomplete miscarriage?

• Register: SLCTR
• Last refreshed on: 27 April 2013
• Main ID: SLCTR/2008/011
• Date of registration: 20/06/2008
• Primary sponsor: Faculty of Medicine
• Public title: Is evacuation of retained products of conception routinely required for incomplete miscarriage?
• Scientific title: Surgical treatment vs expectant care in the management of incomplete miscarriage
• Date of first enrolment: 24/3/2008
• Target sample size: 144
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://www.slctr.lk/trial_details.asp?reg_id={C97BBF65-630A-45E3-ACEF-6BFA91C4F4AB}
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Randomized controlled trial without blinding

Countries of recruitment

Nil

Contacts

• Name: Prof. Malik Goonewardene
• Affiliation: Professor and Head of Dept.

• Name: Prof. Malik Goonewardene
• Affiliation: Professor and Head

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Consecutive women presenting within three (3) days of bleeding with spontaneous miscarriage at a period of gestation of 14 weeks or less and trans vaginal ultrasound diameter of retained products of conception between 15 mm to 50 mm
Exclusion criteria: Women who have strong preference to either management, any other complicating medical conditions, cervical incompetence and induced abortions and evidence of induced abortion

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

First trimester incomplete miscarriage

Intervention(s)

Not carrying out surgical evacuation in the study group and routine surgical evacuation in the control group

Primary Outcome(s)

In the study group percentage reduction in the population of women with incomplete miscarriages who will require a surgical evacuation

Secondary Outcome(s)

Excessive bleeding, need for surgical evacuation, infections, pain, cervical or uterine injuries, duration of vaginal bleeding, time off normal work, duration of hospital stay

Secondary ID(s)

Nil

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Nil