Copper T380 IUD Versus Oral Levonorgestrel for Emergency Contraception vs. Plan B for Emergency Contraception

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if women presenting for emergency contraception (EC) are willing to accept the copper intrauterine device (IUD). This study will also compare the use of effective methods of contraception between women who selected the copper IUD or Plan B 6 months after they received EC.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Utah
• Treatments: Copper; Levonorgestrel

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women 18-45 years old, in need of EC (had unprotected intercourse within 120 hours), willing to give consent for participation in research, willing to comply with the study requirements, and accessible by telephone.

• Patients selecting the IUD need to identify themselves as desiring long-term contraception.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current pregnancy,

• Had pelvic inflammatory disease or a septic abortion within the past 3 months or gonorrheal or chlamydial infection in the last 60 days,

• Current behavior suggesting a high risk for pelvic inflammatory disease

• Allergy to copper, or Wilson's disease (for patients selecting Paragard) or allergy to levonorgestrel (for patients selecting Plan B)

• Intracavitary of symptomatic uterine fibroids, and abnormalities of the uterus that distort the uterine cavity,

• Mucopurulent cervicitis,

• A previously placed IUD that has not been removed

• Genital bleeding of unknown etiology

• Ovarian, cervical or endometrial cancer,

• Small uterine cavity