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Trial of Immediate Versus Delayed Initiation of Oral Contraceptive Pills After Abortion

NCT00235534 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2012-11-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a randomized, controlled trial investigating whether immediate versus standard, "Sunday Start", initiation of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) in post-abortion subjects can improve compliance and the continuation of contraception. Immediate initiation of OCPs has been studied in women seeking contraception when they are not immediately post-abortion, and this "Quick Start" method has been shown to improve the continuation of OCPs into a second pill pack. The primary hypothesis of this study is that immediate initiation of OCPs in post-abortal women will improve the continuation of contraception over delayed initiation on the first Sunday after an abortion.

Conditions

  • Abortion

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Immediate initiation of OCPs

BEHAVIORAL

Delayed initiation of OCPs

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jody E Steinauer, MD, MAS · University of California, San Francisco

  • Sarah W Prager, MD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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