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NCT02341027
Immediate Versus Interval Postpartum Use of the Levonorgestrel Contraceptive Implants: a Randomized Controlled Trial
NA trial testing Jadelle in Contraceptive Implant Utilization in 205 participants. Completed in 1 June 2016.
1 June 2016
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of California, San Francisco |
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| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | prevention |
| Enrollment | 205 |
| Start date | 1 January 2015 |
| Primary completion | 1 June 2016 |
| Estimated completion | 1 June 2016 |
| Sites | 1 location across Uganda |
Drugs / interventions tested
Conditions studied
- Contraceptive Implant Utilization — all drugs for Contraceptive Implant Utilization →
- Lactation — all drugs for Lactation →
Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
Who can join
Adults 18 to 50, female only, with Contraceptive Implant Utilization or Lactation. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
What's being measured
Primary outcomes are the specific endpoints the trial is designed to prove or disprove.
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Implant utilization as measured by the proportion of women using LNG contraceptive implants at 6 months after delivery in women randomized to insertion within 5 days of delivery (immediate insertion) or 6-8 weeks after delivery (delayed insertion).
Time frame: 6 months
Sponsor's own description
This study will evaluate if immediate postpartum placement of a levonorgestrel (LNG) contraceptive implant within 5 days of delivery improves implant utilization at 6 months postpartum compared to implant placement at 6-8 weeks postpartum among women in Uganda.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Immediate versus delayed postpartum use of levonorgestrel contraceptive implants: a randomized controlled trial in Uganda.
Averbach S, Kakaire O, Kayiga H, Lester F, et al · · 2017 · cited 11× · PMID 28610898 · DOI 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.06.005 -
The effect of immediate postpartum levonorgestrel contraceptive implant use on breastfeeding and infant growth: a randomized controlled trial.
Averbach S, Kakaire O, McDiehl R, Dehlendorf C, et al · · 2019 · cited 7× · PMID 30408456 · DOI 10.1016/j.contraception.2018.10.008
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02341027 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of California, San Francisco
- Last refreshed: 11 February 2020
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