Continuous Use of COCs

Phase 4 Completed 362 enrolled FHI 360 La Asociación Pro Bienestar de la Familia de Guatemala (APROFAM) · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelPrevention

Summary

The primary objective is to determine if continuous COC use leads to higher continuation rates over 12 months of follow up than use of the standard 28-day COC regimen.

Timeline

Start: 2007-08
Primary completion: 2010-10
Completion: 2010-10

Publications

Nanda K, Lendvay A, Kwok C, Tolley E, Dube K, Brache V. Continuous compared with cyclic use of oral contraceptive pills in the Dominican Republic: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 May;123(5):1012-1022. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000235.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Levonorgestrel	Small molecule	—	Oral
Subject	ethinyl estradiol	Small molecule	—	Oral

Indications

No indication recorded.