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Decision Aid for Birth Control (SUSTAIN Trial)

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Research Sponsored by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be younger than 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 24 months
Awards & highlights

SUSTAIN Trial Summary

This trial will look at if an educational tool and reminders can help high-risk pregnancy patients use long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) after delivery, and if so, if they stick with it.

Eligible Conditions
  • Birth Control
  • Pregnancies

SUSTAIN Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~24 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 24 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Rate of initial LARC utilization
Secondary outcome measures
Number of patients who keep the LARC after placement
rates of short interval pregnancy

SUSTAIN Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Decision AidExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group II: Routine CareActive Control1 Intervention
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Decision Aid
2008
Completed Phase 3
~4150

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Who is running the clinical trial?

The University of Texas Health Science Center, HoustonLead Sponsor
903 Previous Clinical Trials
320,597 Total Patients Enrolled
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCIndustry Sponsor
3,887 Previous Clinical Trials
5,054,314 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Does this research include elderly individuals older than 75 years of age?

"To meet the requirements of this clinical trial, participants must be between 13 and 50 years old. There are also 25 trials available for minors under 18 and 29 studies open to individuals over 65."

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Are there any remaining positions available for prospective participants?

"It appears, based on the data hosted on clinicaltrials.gov that this research trial is not currently recruiting participants, though it was initially posted in July 2020 and updated November 2022. Notwithstanding, there are 84 other trials actively seeking out volunteers at present."

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Might I be considered a suitable candidate for this experiment?

"To meet the criteria for this research, a participant must be between 13 and 50 years old and will need to have some form of contraception. The investigators aim to enrol 380 individuals in total."

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~80 spots leftby Apr 2025