New skin patch aims to offer weekly birth control option

NCT ID NCT01166412

Summary

This study tested a new type of birth control: a weekly skin patch that releases the hormone levonorgestrel. About 120 healthy women tried one of two different dose patches for 11 weeks to see how well it prevents pregnancy, how safe it is, and how it affects the body. Researchers measured how the patch sticks to the skin, if it causes irritation, and how it changes cervical mucus and ovulation.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Columbia University

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Magee-Womens Hospital

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

  • Oregon Health Sciences University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267, United States

  • University of Colorado - Adv. Repro. Med.

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

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