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

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Conditions studied: Contraceptives, Oral

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00677703

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

968

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-11-19

Who can join

Age: any, up to 24. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• aged <25 years requesting OC as their primary method of contraception
• currently sexually active or anticipating sexual activity within the next 30 days
• owns cell phone with text messaging capability

You may not qualify if…

• contraindications to combined hormonal contraception per clinic protocol (e.g., hypertension)
• previous participation in this study

Where it is running

• Planned Parenthood Boro Hall — Brooklyn, New York, United States

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