Clinical Trial: Drospirenone-only Pill as Emergency Contraception
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Contraception
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Drospirenone for Emergency Contraception: a Dose-finding Pilot Study
Brief Summary:
Emergency contraception (EC) provides an additional measure to help prevent pregnancy after unprotected intercourse or contraceptive failure.The two currently available oral emergency contraceptive methods, levonorgestrel (LNG) and ulipristal acetate (UPA), have differing availability and effectiveness.Overweight and obesity are strong risk factors for failure of EC containing LNG and UPA for body mass index (BMI) ? 26kg/m2 and ?35kg/m2, respectively, resulting in limited EC options for much of the…
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