Who is sponsoring NCT03727308?

NCT03727308 is sponsored by Ipas.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03727308?

Interventions in NCT03727308: Medical abortion pills sourced from pharmacies, Medical abortion pills sourced from health clinics.

What condition does NCT03727308 study?

NCT03727308 studies Induced Abortion, First Trimester Abortion, Misoprostol, Mifepristone.

Is NCT03727308 still recruiting?

NCT03727308 is currently completed. Last updated 5 September 2021.

Last reviewed 2021-09-05 · How we verify

NCT03727308: MOC

Name: Drug Landscape Pharmaceutical Database
Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Study of Clinic-based Versus Self-use of Medical Abortion Pills

Completed Last updated 5 September 2021

What this trial tests

trial testing Medical abortion pills sourced from pharmacies in Induced Abortion in 4,196 participants. Completed in 2 June 2021.

Timeline

30 May 2018

Primary endpoint
2 June 2021

2 June 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Ipas
Status	Completed
Study type	OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment	4,196
Start date	30 May 2018
Primary completion	2 June 2021
Estimated completion	2 June 2021
Sites	2 locations across Cambodia, Ghana

Drugs / interventions tested

Medical abortion pills sourced from pharmacies
Medical abortion pills sourced from health clinics

Conditions studied

Induced Abortion — all drugs for Induced Abortion →
First Trimester Abortion — all drugs for First Trimester Abortion →
Misoprostol — all drugs for Misoprostol →
Mifepristone — all drugs for Mifepristone →

Sponsor

Ipas — full company profile →

Who can join

15 and older, female only, with Induced Abortion or First Trimester Abortion. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of the study is to determine whether important clinical outcomes differ among women who access a combined medical abortion regimen from a pharmacy when compared with those who access it from a facility.

Publications & conference data

5 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Self-administered versus provider-administered medical abortion.
Gambir K, Kim C, Necastro KA, Ganatra B, et al · · 2020 · cited 23× · PMID 32150279 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd013181.pub2
Medical methods for first trimester abortion.
Zhang J, Zhou K, Shan D, Luo X. · · 2022 · cited 19× · PMID 35608608 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd002855.pub5
A prospective, comparative study of clinical outcomes following clinic-based versus self-use of medical abortion.
Kapp N, Mao B, Menzel J, Eckersberger E, et al · · 2023 · cited 12× · PMID 36894309 · DOI 10.1136/bmjsrh-2022-201722
Pain management for medical abortion before 14 weeks' gestation.
Reynolds-Wright JJ, Woldetsadik MA, Morroni C, Cameron S. · · 2022 · cited 7× · PMID 35553047 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd013525.pub2
Medical abortion in Ghana: A non-randomized, non-inferiority study of access through pharmacies compared with clinics.
Kapp N, Bawah AA, Agula C, Menzel JL, et al · · 2024 · cited 4× · PMID 39002625 · DOI 10.1016/j.contraception.2024.110538

Verify or expand the search:

Other Ipas trials

Trials by the same sponsor.

NCT04181541 — Midlevel Versus Physician-provided Medical Abortion in the Second Trimester · NA · completed
NCT04290832 — Developing and Testing Interventions to Address Conscientious Objection to Abortion Care in Mexico and South Africa · NA · terminated
NCT04242212 — Study of Clinic-based vs. Self-use of a Misoprostol-only Regimen for Induced Abortion · unknown
NCT03539315 — Adaptation and Testing of the Addressing Reproductive Coercion in HEalth Settings (ARCHES) Intervention in Bangladesh · NA · completed

Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03727308 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Ipas
Last refreshed: 5 September 2021

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