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. 2015 Jun 26;2015(6):CD003036. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003036.pub3

Harper 2014.

Trial name or title Mirena Intrauterine System Timing of Insertion: A Randomized Controlled Trial (MISTIC)
Methods Location and time frame: St. Louis, MO (USA), October 2010 to December 2012.
Design: randomized controlled trial, open label
Sample size calculation and outcome of focus: no mention
Participants General with N: 53 women, enrolled ≥ 36 weeks gestation at study hospital
Inclusion criteria: 14 to 45 years, vaginal delivery at study hospital, sexually active with male partner, no tubal ligation or hysterectomy, not currently using contraception, desire reversible contraception, resides in St. Louis City or County, requests LNG‐IUS for contraception
Exclusion criteria: allergy to LNG‐IUS, cesarean delivery, cervical cancer, breast cancer, active liver disease, untreated cervicitis, uterine anomaly or fibroids preventing IUS placement, delivery < 36 weeks, chorioamnionitis, prolonged rupture of membranes (> 18 hours)
Interventions LNG‐IUS insertion
Treatment: immediate postplacental (within 10 minutes)
Comparison: standard (4 to 6 weeks postpartum)
Outcomes LNG‐IUS in place, IUS expulsion, uterine perforation, intrauterine infection
Assessment times: 4 to 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum
Starting date October 2010; expected completion December 2012
Contact information Lorie M. Harper MD; listed as University of Washington School of Medicine, but more recently at University of Alabama at Birmingham (205) 934‐9999
Notes ClinicalTrials.gov states trial is completed. No report identified.
Unable to obtain further information from investigator.