Choice of Modality of Follow up for Medication Abortion

May 26, 2020 updated by: Stanford University

This study will assess the impact of providing medication abortion-seeking clients a choice for follow-up in practice. Clients presenting at or less than 63 days pregnant (based on last menstrual period) at the study site for first trimester medication abortion will be invited to participate. We hypothesize that providing clients with flexible follow-up options will improve follow-up rates.

This study is not to assess efficacy or safety of follow-up methods--that has been well established in practice and research. This is to assess choice of follow-up.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

26

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Stanford, California, United States, 94305
        • Stanford Health Care

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Eligible for medication abortion <63 days gestational age
  • In general good health
  • English or Spanish speaking competency
  • Willing and able to sign consent forms

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Clients less than 18 years of age.
  • Any client not meeting the inclusion criteria listed above will be excluded from participating in the trial.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Group 1: Standard of Care
Participants will be asked to complete follow-up in clinic 1-2 weeks following mifepristone administration for an ultrasound and consultation with a provider.
Experimental: Group 2: Flexible Follow-Up
Participants will be offered three follow-up options, including: 1) follow-up in clinic 1-2 weeks following mifepristone administration for an ultrasound and consultation with a provider; 2) repeat serum beta-hCG testing; 3) repeat multi-level pregnancy test strategy
Other: Choice of follow-up option
Participant will be given the opportunity to choose from 3 follow-up options.
Device: Multi-level pregnancy test
The Multi-level pregnancy test (MLPT) strategy involves the use of the MLPT to estimate a pregnant person's baseline hCG range prior to beginning their abortion (i.e. prior to mifepristone administration). A follow-up test is then administered one week later to again estimate the woman's hCG range. A decline in hCG range reliably signifies absence of an ongoing pregnancy. Among clients ≤63 days' LMP at initiation of treatment, this strategy has shown to be highly effective: 100% of clients (n=1487/1487) with a decline in hCG range did not have an ongoing pregnancy and 100% of clients (n=21/21) with an ongoing pregnancy showed steady or increase in hCG range on their follow-up MLPT.
Other Names:
  • dBest

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percent follow-up after medication abortion by group
Time Frame: 5-14 days following mifepristone administration
To compare rates of follow-up among clients who are instructed to come back to the clinic for in-person ultrasound medication abortion follow-up to clients who are given options for follow-up, including in-person ultrasound, repeat serum beta-hCG and MLPT
5-14 days following mifepristone administration

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percent follow-up after medication abortion by follow-up type
Time Frame: 5-14 days following mifepristone administration
To compare the overall proportion of follow-up completion among clients choosing their preferred method of follow-up (in-person ultrasound, repeat serum beta-hCG, MLPT strategy) (study period) to clients given only the option for in-person follow-up
5-14 days following mifepristone administration

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Stanford University

Collaborators

Gynuity Health Projects

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 9, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 13, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

March 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 12, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 12, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

August 14, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 28, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 26, 2020

Last Verified

May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 52312

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

No data will be shared.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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