Misopristol Versus Pitocin for Second Trimester Abortion

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Second trimester abortion can be done surgically or medically. Medical abortion with mifepristone and misopristol is one of the common protocol, but misopristol have high rate side effect. The investigators recent study proved the efficacy of pitocin after mifepristone in second trimester abortion with minimal side effects.

Working hypothesis and aims: To compare misopristol and pitocin after mifepristone preparation in second trimester in seccess rate, interval to abortion, side effects and patient satisfaction.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization
• Treatments: Mifepristone; Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• midtrimester late abortion

• midtrimester induced abortion

Exclusion Criteria:

• placenta previa

• infected abortion

• rupture of membranes

• s/p cesarean section *2 or more