Clinical Study of Depo Provera Comparing Lay Health Workers and Clinically-trained Health Workers
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-07-23
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This is a randomized controlled trial comparing lay Lady Health Workers (Lay Health Workers)
with Family Welfare Workers (Clinically- trained Health Workers) on quantitative measures of
safety and effectiveness of Depo Provera and Sayana Press provision in a clinic setting. This
comparative trial will test the non-inferiority hypothesis that Lady Health Workers are just
as competent as clinically-trained Family Welfare Workers in screening and counseling
first-time injectable users. These first time users will also be randomly assigned to receive
intramuscular or subcutaneous injections of DMPA.
Phase:
Early Phase 1
Details
Lead Sponsor:
FHI 360
Collaborators:
Aga Khan University Jhpiego Population Welfare Department, Government of Sindh, Pakistan United States Agency for International Development (USAID)