Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01579773
Comparison of Body Composition & Weight Change in Users of Progestin-only Contraception During the First Year of Use
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 345 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years – 45 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to learn if women gain weight using progestin-only methods of contraception and if so, how much. The investigators will look at users of two progestin-only methods: the levonorgestrel-containing intrauterine contraceptive (LNG-IUC) and the etonorgestrel (ENG) subdermal implant, and compare these users' weight change to that of users of a non-hormonal method, the copper intrauterine device. The primary hypothesis is that ENG implant and LNG-IUC users' weight and body composition will increase more than the copper-IUD users. The investigators will collect body composition data using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), and collect information about diet and activity using validated questionnaires.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-08-01
- Completion
- 2014-08-01
- First posted
- 2012-04-18
- Last updated
- 2014-12-10
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01579773. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.