Acceptability and Feasibility of Medical Abortion Using Mifepristone and Buccal Misoprostol

Completed 1250 enrolled Gynuity Health Projects

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

This study examined the acceptability and feasibility of introducing a mifepristone-misoprostol regimen of medical abortion into abortion services in two private clinics in Puerto Rico; 2 clinics in Baku, Azerbaijan; 3 clinics in Yerevan, Armenia; and 4 clinics in Mexico City. It was hypothesized that the study regimen would be both acceptable and efficacious.

Timeline

Start: 2006-09
Primary completion: 2011-03
Completion: 2011-03

Publications

Pena M, Dzuba IG, Smith PS, Mendoza LJ, Bousieguez M, Martinez ML, Polanco RR, Villalon AE, Winikoff B. Efficacy and acceptability of a mifepristone-misoprostol combined regimen for early induced abortion among women in Mexico City. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Oct;127(1):82-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.04.012. Epub 2014 Jun 4.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Mifepristone	Small molecule	200 mg	—
Subject	Misoprostol	Other / unclassified	800 ug	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.