Clinical Trial: Continuous Use of the Contraceptive Patch and the Personal Economic Impact.

Study Status: Withdrawn
Recruit Status: Withdrawn
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Patient Experiences Using Evra for Management of Menstrual Related Symptoms.

Brief Summary: Dr. Eleanor Drey in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences UCSF is conducting a study to examine the personal and economic impact of continuous use of ORTHO EVRA, the contraceptive patch, on menstrual related symptoms for women who report having severe menstrual related symptoms.

Detailed Summary:

30 adult women, 18-40 years of age, will be recruited to participate in a six month study. The focus of recruitment will be on women with menstrual-related symptoms who are currently working in physically demanding, low autonomous service jobs.

The approximate first two months of women's participation will be spent documenting baseline information about their health and well-being, work patterns and performance, and the economic impact of their menstruation. Subjects will then initiate two, two month intervals of continuous use of ORTHO EVRA.

Over this four month treatment period, subjects will document their health and well-being, work patterns and performance, and the economic impact of their menstruation while being treated with ORTHO EVRA. This will allow us to compare subjects' experiences pre- and post-treatment. The study's instruments will focus on eliciting information on the personal and economic costs of menstruation such as measuring time missed from work, changes in productivity and work satisfaction, and impact on quality of life.


Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Current Primary Outcome:

  • Birth control satisfaction after four months of patch use [ Time Frame: Four months ]
  • Health-related work productivity scales after four months of patch use [ Time Frame: Four months ]


Original Primary Outcome:

  • Birth control satisfaction after four months of patch use
  • Health-related work productivity scales after four months of patch use


Current Secondary Outcome:

Original Secondary Outcome:

Information By: University of California, San Francisco

Dates:
Date Received: July 26, 2006
Date Started:
Date Completion:
Last Updated: August 27, 2013
Last Verified: August 2013