Immediate Versus Later Insertion of IUD After Medical Termination of Pregnancy

Riina Korjamo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Contraception After Medical Abortion

Treatments: Procedure: Immediate IUD insertion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01755715

KILKE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this study is to compare, in a randomised, controlled and prospective fashion, initiation of intrauterine contraception (IUC) at about immediate (0 to 3 days) versus 2 to 4 weeks post medical abortion with regard to expulsions and use of contraception one year after abortion.

Enrollment: 264 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥18 years
• Planning medical abortion
• Planning LNG-IUD (Mirena) contraception

Exclusion criteria

• Pathological pregnancies or abnormality of the uterus or cervix
• Acute endometritis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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264 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Insertion of IUD at 2-4 weeks after abortion.

Immediate IUD insertion

Experimental group

Description:

Insertion of IUD immediately (at the same day to 3 days) after expulsion of placenta.

Treatment:

Procedure: Immediate IUD insertion