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Txt Now 2 Decrease Pregnancies L8r: A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Daily Text Message Reminders on Pill Continuation

NCT00677703 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 968

Last updated 2012-11-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Teen girls and young women taking birth control pills may forget to take their pills or may stop taking them altogether. This places them at risk for unintended pregnancies. Most young women own cell phones and use them for text messaging. We will test whether contraceptive continuation is affected after six months of daily text message reminders.

Conditions

  • Contraceptives, Oral

Interventions

OTHER

Daily Text Messages

Text message reminders to take oral contraception daily: Each text message will be a short educational message listing the benefits of contraceptive use and providing instructions for avoiding common medication errors.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Paula M Castano, MD, MPH · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Max Age
24 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-04-30
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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