Trial of Immediate Versus Delayed Initiation of Transdermal Hormonal Contraception After Therapeutic Abortion
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Abortion
In brief
This is a randomized, controlled trial investigating whether immediate versus standard, "Sunday Start", initiation of transdermal hormonal contraception (the patch) in post-abortion subjects can improve compliance and the continuation of contraception. Immediate initiation of the patch 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 the patch into a second month. The primary hypothesis of this study is that immediate initiation of the patch in post-abortal women will improve the continuation of contraception over delayed initiation on the first Sunday after an abortion.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00235547
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 298
- Starts
- 2005-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-08-29
Who can join
Age: 13 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Any woman aged 13-45 who presents to the Women's Options Clinic and desires to use the patch for post-abortion contraception.
You may not qualify if…
- Gestational age above 23 weeks and 1 day.
- Any absolute contraindication for patch use (smoking > 20 cigarettes a day over age 35, history of venous thromboembolic event or pulmonary embolism, history of or current ischemic heart disease, history of stroke, vascular disease, complicated valvular heart disease [pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, history of subacute bacterial endocarditis], severe hypertension with blood pressure >160/100, migraines with focal neurologic symptoms, current breast cancer, active viral hepatitis, severe cirrhosis, or benign or malignant liver tumors).
- Patients who speak languages other than English or Spanish.
- Patients who do not have a phone or who have a phone where any contact might compromise the confidentiality of their abortions.
Where it is running
- Women's Options Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital — San Francisco, California, United States
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