Postpartum Etonogestrel Implant for Adolescents
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Official title
Etonogestrel-releasing Subdermal Implant for Adolescents in the Postpartum Period: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief summary
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This is a prospective study comparing two groups of 48 adolescent women each. The intervention group will receive a contraceptive implant postpartum, prior to discharge from the hospital. The control group will receive a contraceptive implant at the usual 6 week postpartum clinic visit. During prenatal care, participants will be consented and screened for enrollment. After delivery, these women will be assessed and consented for enrollment into the study. Women who consent for enrollment will be randomized. Women will be followed up at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 1 year after contraceptive implant insertion. At each follow up, women will be assessed for continuation of and satisfaction with this method of contraception.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01666912
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 96 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 14 Years to 24 Years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 31, 2012
- Primary completion
- Mar 31, 2015
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2015
- Last update posted
- Apr 30, 2017
2012 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina Hospitals | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27514 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 30, 2017 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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