NCT01555931

Postpartum Levonorgestrel-releasing Intrauterine System and Breastfeeding

Immediate vs. 4-8 Week Postpartum Levonorgestrel-releasing Intrauterine System Placement: A Randomized Clinical Trial (Short Title: PPIUD1)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This will be a randomized clinical trial of 190 women aged 18-45 who plan to breastfeed their infant for at least 6 months and desire to use the LNG-IUS as their primary contraceptive method postpartum. The investigators will compare the frequency of breastfeeding among women receiving the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) immediately after vaginal delivery compared to 4-8 weeks later. The investigators hypothesize there will be no difference in breastfeeding prevalence between the two groups.

Conditions

• Postpartum Contraception

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system	Placement within 48 hours of delivery

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2012-03-16
• Last updated: 2014-08-25
• Results posted: 2014-08-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States