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NCT02905513
An Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young People in Tajikistan
NA trial testing Contraceptive app instant messages in Contraception in 580 participants. Completed in 30 November 2017.
31 July 2017
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
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| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | prevention |
| Enrollment | 580 |
| Start date | 16 November 2016 |
| Primary completion | 31 July 2017 |
| Estimated completion | 30 November 2017 |
| Sites | 1 location across Tajikistan |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Contraceptive app instant messages
- Mobile phone app
Conditions studied
- Contraception — all drugs for Contraception →
Sponsor
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Who can join
Adults 16 to 24, any sex, with Contraception. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This randomised controlled trial will establish the effect a contraceptive intervention delivered by mobile phone app instant messaging on the acceptability of effective contraception in Tajikistan. Woman and men aged 16-24 will be randomised to have access to the Tajik Family Planning Alliance's sexual and reproductive health app (control) or the app plus 0-3 instant messages a day for 4 months (intervention). Participants will complete a questionnaire at baseline and 4 months.
Publications & conference data
3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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A randomized controlled trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone app instant messaging to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young people in Tajikistan.
McCarthy O, Ahamed I, Kulaeva F, Tokhirov R, et al · · 2018 · cited 27× · PMID 29433506 · DOI 10.1186/s12978-018-0473-z -
Mobile phone-based interventions for improving contraception use.
Perinpanathan T, Maiya S, van Velthoven MHH, Nguyen AT, et al · · 2023 · cited 6× · PMID 37458240 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd011159.pub3 -
A randomised controlled trial of an intervention delivered by app instant messaging to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young people in Tajikistan: study protocol.
McCarthy O, Leurent B, Edwards P, Tokhirov R, et al · · 2017 · cited 6× · PMID 28939582 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017606
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02905513 (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 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Last refreshed: 7 February 2018
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