Effectiveness of Orally Dosed Emergency Contraception in Obese Women - UPA
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-10-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Obese women are significantly more likely than their normal BMI counterparts to experience
failure of orally-dosed emergency contraceptives. Our preliminary data provides evidence for
testing a dose escalation strategy in an effort to provide improved efficacy from
orally-dosed emergency contraceptives in obese women. More data is needed regarding emergency
contraception containing ulipristal acetate. The overall project will be focused on both
levonorgestrel (LNG) - and ulipristal acetate (UPA)-containing emergency contraception but
this protocol registration is for the UPA aspect of the study procedures.