Recruiting

Abortion Care

Sponsor:

UCLA

Code:

NCT06787274

Conditions

Abortion in First Trimester

Abortion Early

Abortion; Attempted

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 64

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will examine the ways in which telehealth for reproductive healthcare affects timing, costs, and follow-up care; whether telehealth reaches people in areas with greater health inequities; and the attributes of telehealth that patients want. Study surveys will be administered to interested, eligible participants: 2,000 patients seeking abortion care will complete the study, comprising of 2 groups: patients seeking medication abortion care either (1) in-person or (2) via telehealth. This project will address how telehealth services can be optimized for people of color, low-income people, and immigrants to increase digital inclusion and health equity.

Conditions

Abortion in First Trimester

Abortion Early

Abortion; Attempted

Study ID

NCT06787274

Start date

Feb 12, 2025

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Aug 31, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 64

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Must be currently or about to be obtaining medication abortion care through in-person or telehealth services

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not currently or about to be obtaining medication abortion care through in-person or telehealth services

Study Design

Enrollment

2000 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

In-person via established clinic

People seeking or who have received in-person medication abortion care through an established clinic.

Telehealth via established clinic

People seeking or who have received telehealth medication abortion care through an established clinic. A telehealth medication abortion involves a remote clinical consultation to confirm medical eligibility with medications delivered by mail

Telehealth through other online services or searches

People seeking or who have received telehealth medication abortion care through an online service

In-person through online search

People seeking or who have received in-person abortion services through online searches

Primary outcome measure

  • Determine the ways in which telehealth services affect timing and time to care by comparing in-person and telehealth patients [ Time Frame: Baseline ]
  • Determine the ways in which telehealth services affect costs by comparing in-person and telehealth patients [ Time Frame: Baseline and 1 week ]
  • Determine the ways in which telehealth services affect follow-up care by comparing in-person and telehealth patients [ Time Frame: 1 week ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH

415-353-4626ushma.upadhyay@ucsf.edu

Jennifer Ko, MLIS

415-353-9113jennifer.ko@ucsf.edu

Locations

Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH)

Recruiting

Oakland, California, United States, 94612

Contacts

Jennifer Ko, MLIS

415-353-9113jennifer.ko@ucsf.edu

Principal Investigator:

Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH

More Information

Sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Last update posted

Apr 8, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Keywords

  • health equity
  • medication abortion
  • telehealth

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of California, San Francisco on 2026-04-08.