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Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

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

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00235534

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Official title

Immediate Versus Delayed Initiation of Oral Contraceptive Pills After Therapeutic Abortion - A Randomized Trial

Brief summary

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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.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00235534
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
300 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
13 Years to 45 Years
Sex
Female
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Oct 2005 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Dec 2008 (Actual)
Completion
Dec 2008 (Actual)
Last update posted
Nov 19, 2012

2005 – 2008

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Women's Options Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco California 94110 —

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