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Video Instruction for Medication Adherence

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Tufts Medical Center
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 12-18 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test whether a video teaching how to self-administer a common birth control shot is effective and acceptable to patients.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for young individuals assigned female at birth, aged 19 or younger, who have had at least one injection of depot medroxyprogesterone. They must not be wards of the state or prisoners and should have a guardian to consent if under 18. They can't join if they've self-injected before, never had this medication, are pregnant, don't understand English, can't watch the video or have cognitive issues.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The study tests whether an instructional video with a peer demonstrating how to self-administer subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone is effective and acceptable for adolescents as an alternative to getting shots in a medical office.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Since participants are already on depot medroxyprogesterone treatment and the intervention is watching a video rather than taking new medication, no additional side effects from medications are being introduced in this trial.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~12-18 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12-18 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
Supervised self-injection
Secondary outcome measures
Sustained self-injection

Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Teaching videoExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
This is a single arm interventional study wherein the subjects enrolled will all participate in the study in the same way by watching the teaching video and then will be asked to self inject subcutaneous depot-medroxyprogesterone as per the protocol. All participants will then be asked to answer survey questions. All health care providers that participate in the study will likewise be asked to answer survey questions.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Tufts Medical CenterLead Sponsor
253 Previous Clinical Trials
253,368 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

watch an instructional video Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04997499 — N/A
Birth Control Research Study Groups: Teaching video
Birth Control Clinical Trial 2023: watch an instructional video Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04997499 — N/A
watch an instructional video 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04997499 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there any vacancies available for participants in this research project?

"The clinical trial's entry on clinicaltrials.gov shows that patient recruitment is no longer active for this study, which was first posted on September 29th 2021 and had its last update in September 13th 2022. However, 67 other trials are actively enrolling patients at present time."

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~15 spots leftby Dec 2026