Clinical trialNCT01147497CompletedInterventional

Misoprostol Prior to Intrauterine Device (IUD) Insertion in Nulliparous Women

SponsorEmory UniversityEnrollment78Contraception

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Summary

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Because of misoprostol's known ability to cause cervical dilation, some family planning providers give their patients a dose of this drug prior to insertion. The goal of this study is to evaluate whether misoprostol prior to IUD insertion in nulliparous women eases insertion and decreases pain.

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Investigators

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Eva Lathrop, MD, MPH
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

the Emory Clinic
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Drugs studied

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Misoprostol →Placebo

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Registration & key dates

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Start: 30 Jun 2010
Primary completion: 30 Sept 2011
Completion: 30 Sept 2011
Last update posted: 12 Jan 2018
Registered enrollment: 78
Registry id: NCT01147497

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