NCT02057419

Women's Input on Sexual Health

K24: Advancing Reproductive Health: Women's Input on Sexual Health (Project WISH)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 8 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Miriam Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to answer the following question: How do user sensory perceptions and experiences (USPEs) for IVRS differ between initial and continued use and how can this knowledge help product developers better understand how to design new IVR products and develop behavioral (or point-of-care) interventions to optimize use?

Detailed description

Background: Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a global public health priority. Providing efficacious SRH technologies that have the greatest likelihood of use will have the greatest impact on women's health. Critical to use is "acceptability." However, current conceptualizations of adherence and acceptability fail to fully articulate and account for the user experience. Given the recent development of various IVR technologies and the potential for multipurpose technologies, the impact on global public health would be far-reaching, affecting reproductive health in women and men: decreasing STI incidence, minimizing unplanned pregnancies, and decreasing morbidity and mortality due to a range of other reproductive health conditions. Condition: Participants will use an IVR for a period of three months and report sensory perceptions and use experiences. Methodology and Data Collection: Volunteers (N\~6-10) will first be screened for the study using a brief questionnaire. Those who are interested in contraception and are eligible based on their responses to the prescreen will then complete a clinical screening visit and pregnancy test. Once enrolled participants will complete a survey that asks questions about demographics and sexual and reproductive history. During the course of the study, participants will evaluate their use of an IVR. IVRs will be used for three consecutive months. They will be given a three-month supply of the product at the beginning of the use period. About once a month, each participant will be required to complete a web survey about their experience with the study product. All participants complete a final survey that will ask about their experiences with the study product.

Conditions

• Intravaginal Ring Use

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-14
• Primary completion: 2016-06-24
• Completion: 2018-03-31
• First posted: 2014-02-07
• Last updated: 2025-10-24
• Results posted: 2025-10-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States