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Vaginal Vs Subling Misoprost Before Iud Insertion in Women With Previous CS

Vaginal Versus Sublingual Misoprostol Before Intrauterine Device Insertion in Women With Pervious Caesarian Section

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05204979
Enrollment
2
Registered
2022-01-24
Start date
2021-06-23
Completion date
2022-05-25
Last updated
2022-01-24

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Conditions

IUD Insertion

Keywords

Misoprostol

Brief summary

Insertion failures of intrauterine devices and cervical problems seem to occur more often among women who have never delivered vaginally. This trial will compare the effect of vaginal versus sublingual misoprostol prior to insertion of an intrauterine device in multiparous women delivered by CS.

Detailed description

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are widely used as reversible contraceptives. The current use of IUDs among reproductive-aged women ranges from 8 to 15% worldwide. Reported complications related to IUD insertion are 8.8% insertion failure, 2.8-11.5% cervical problems, 0.2% cervical perforation, 0.2% syncope and 5.8% expulsion. Insertion failures and cervical problems seem to occur more often among women who have never delivered vaginally. Misoprostol is an inexpensive PGE1. Priming with misoprostol prior to hysteroscopy and dilatation and curettage (D&C) in premenopausal women resulted in an increased cervical dilatation and rate of cervical laceration. Moreover, several studies have shown the benefit of misoprostol as a cervical ripening agent in nonpregnant women. The effect of misoprostol is dependent on the route of administration. Sublingual administration of misoprostol has been shown to be more effective also for cervical priming compared with oral administration and equally effective as vaginal administration. larger studies on the effect of misoprostol for IUD insertion are lacking. Investigator therefore will conduct a trial aiming to compare the effect of vaginal versus sublingual misoprostol prior to insertion of an intrauterine device in multiparous women delivered by CS.

Interventions

OTHERVaginal Versus Sublingual misoprostol

Insertion failures of intra uterine devices and cervical problems seem to occur more often among women who have never delivered vaginally. Several studies have shown the benefit of misoprostol as a cervical ripening agent in nonpregnant women. This trial will compare the effect of vaginal versus sublingual misoprostol prior to insertion of an intrauterine device in multiparous women delivered by CS.

Sponsors

Ain Shams University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

Women at the reproductive age group between 20-40 years Women who previously delivered by cesarean section. Women with BMI between 20- 30.

Exclusion criteria

Women had a previous vaginal operations. Women with contraindications for misoprostol use (pregnancy, prostaglandin allergy) Women with a contraindication for IUCD insertion (e.g., less than sex weeks post-partum, gynecologic malignancy, uterine bleeding of undetermined origin, fibroids or other uterine abnormalities, active vaginitis or cervicitis, a history of PID or puerperal sepsis). Women on anticoagulant therapy or having any coagulopathy. Women who refused to participate.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The proportion of easy IUD Insertion24 hoursDifficulty of IUD insertion will be measured by cervical dilatation that determined by two factors: 1. Degree of dilatation of cervix by using gradual Hegar 1, 2, 3. 2. The degree of difficulty of the IUD insertion judged as the resistance of the internal cervical os experienced by the investigator and classified as 'easy', 'moderate' or 'difficult'. \[Time Frame: Easy: Using Hegar 3 and easy of difficulty of insertion. Moderate: Using Hegar 2 and moderate of difficulty of insertion. Difficult: Using Hegar 1 and difficult of difficulty of insertion\]

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
the pain during insertion24 hoursPain will be measured using a visual analog scale (VAS) pain score reported by participants during IUD insertion. Pain score will be measured using a visual analogue scale consisting of a 10 cm horizontal straight line on which 0 cm corresponds to no pain and 10 cm to the worst pain. VAS is rated as 0 no pain. 1-3 for mild pain. 4-6 for average pain and 7-9 for severe pain and 10 for extremely sever pain an individual can experience.

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Primary ContactRofida M Taha, doctor
RofidaMohamed@med.asu.edu.eg+2 01284604696
Backup Contactdr h awaad, doctor
engahmedhassib@yahoo.com+2 01067769215

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026