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RCT of Cervical Ripening Double Ballon Catheter Prior to Dilation and Evacuation.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the overnight use of an FDA-cleared CRDB catheter is superior to the use of overnight osmotic dilators as is standard of care cervical preparation for patients presenting for dilation and evacuation (D\&E). The CRDB catheter is an FDA cleared device for cervical dilation prior to labor induction at term. It has not been FDA cleared for cervical dilation in the second-trimester, however, will be used in a similar fashion to labor inductions at term. Our standard of care osmotic dilators (e.g., laminaria, Dilapan-S) are both FDA cleared for cervical dilation prior to labor induction at term or gynecologic procedures requiring cervical dilation.