Dry vs Wet Misoprostol for Cervical Dilation in First Trimester Abortion

Summary

This study aims to verify whether the moisture of 400 µg of misoprostol pre uterine evacuation increases the dilatation of uterine cervix compared to dry misoprostol

Timeline

Start

2015-08

Primary completion

2016-02

Completion

2016-02

Publications

• Background WHO. The Prevention and management of unsafe abortion: report of a technical working group, Geneva, 12-15 April 1992. 1993
• Background Regan L, Rai R. Epidemiology and the medical causes of miscarriage. Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2000 Oct;14(5):839-54. doi: 10.1053/beog.2000.0123.
• Background Grimes DA, Benson J, Singh S, Romero M, Ganatra B, Okonofua FE, Shah IH. Unsafe abortion: the preventable pandemic. Lancet. 2006 Nov 25;368(9550):1908-19. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69481-6.
• Background Khan KS, Wojdyla D, Say L, Gulmezoglu AM, Van Look PF. WHO analysis of causes of maternal death: a systematic review. Lancet. 2006 Apr 1;367(9516):1066-1074. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68397-9.
• Background Neilson JP, Gyte GM, Hickey M, Vazquez JC, Dou L. Medical treatments for incomplete miscarriage. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Mar 28;(3):CD007223. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007223.pub3.
• Background Fong YF, Singh K, Prasad RN. A comparative study using two dose regimens (200 microg or 400 microg) of vaginal misoprostol for pre-operative cervical dilatation in first trimester nulliparae. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1998 Apr;105(4):413-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10126.x.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.