Randomized Trial of Advanced Provision Emergency Contraception Among Women With Gonorrhea or Chlamydia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to determine whether providing non-contracepting women with gonorrhea or chlamydial infection with advanced provision emergency contraception (APEC) and condoms decreases their risk of becoming pregnant.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Washington
• Collaborator: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Treatments: Levonorgestrel

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Non-contracepting women >15 years of age who were reported to Public Health Seattle & King County with a diagnosis for gonorrhea or chlamydial infection and who were interviewed by public health staff for purposes of partner notification

Exclusion Criteria:

• Use of effective contraception (hormonal contraception, IUD, diaphragm); sex with only one partner in the preceding 60 days who was status post vasectomy; age <15; inability to speak English; history of tubal ligation, hysterectomy, or menopause.