A Randomized Trial of IUD Versus Hormonal Contraception in HIV-infected Women in Zambia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

A randomized trial of the intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) versus user's choice hormonal contraception (injectable progestins or oral contraceptive pills) among HIV-infected, recently post-partum women in Lusaka, Zambia.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Collaborators: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation; United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Treatments: Contraceptive Agents; Copper

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• desire for at least 2 years of continuous contraception

• two or fewer sexual partners in the prior year

Exclusion Criteria:

• advanced HIV disease (WHO Stage III or IV)

• history of a bleeding disorder

• history of PID within the prior five years

• less than 16 years of age (the "age of majority" in Zambia).