Increased Access to Emergency Contraceptive Pills
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
In brief
This study will evaluate the effect of easy access to emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) on the rates of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00060463
- Run by
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- People needed
- 1490
- Starts
- 2002-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2005-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2005-06-24
Who can join
Age: 14 and older, up to 24. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Sexual intercourse with a male partner at least twice in the month prior to study entry
- Does not desire pregnancy within 1 year of study entry
- 6 weeks since the end of her last pregnancy and has had at least one menstrual period since resolution of her last pregnancy
- Literate in English or Spanish
You may not qualify if…
- Surgically sterilized or intends to become sterilized within 1 year of study entry
- Intrauterine device or a hormonal implant in place or intends to have one inserted within 1 year of study entry
- Received an injection of a long-term contraceptive hormone (such as depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate) within 6 months of study entry or intends to receive one within 1 year of study entry
- Intends to use Lunelle, the vaginal contraceptive ring, or the contraceptive patch for contraception within 1 year of study entry
- Intends to use partners' vasectomy as her method of contraception within 1 year of study entry
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Known or suspected infertility
- Previously participated in this study
- Planning to move out of the study area within 1 year of study entry
- Currently participating in another research study that would interfere with the conduct of this study
Where it is running
- Planned Parenthood Mar Monte / University of California at San Francisco — Reno, Nevada, United States
- Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina — Durham, North Carolina, United States
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