Clinical trials: Reproduction
Body Weight, Contraceptive Usage
Oral Contraceptives and Body Mass Index
The main hypothesis for this study is that increased Body Mass Index (BMI) alters oral contraceptive metabolism in a manner which results in decreased effectiveness in obese women.
- Trial name
- NCT01170390
- Testing
- All participants (Aviane), Portia, Aviane
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Contraception, Contraceptive Behavior
Patient-Centered Support for Contraceptive Decision-Making
The investigators have designed a tablet-based decision support tool to help women learn more about their birth control options and support them in choosing a method they are happy with.
- Trial name
- NCT02078713
- Testing
- Contraceptive Decision Support Tool
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 786 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Pregnancy in Adolescence, Counseling
Reducing Adolescent Pregnancy
This multi-site study is employing a brief contraception counseling intervention in the Emergency Department (ED) to shed light on factors that affect decision making as well as barriers and facilitators to conception initiation…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy in Adolescence, Counseling, Contraception Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04120376
- Testing
- Contraception Counseling
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pregnancy, Smoking
Self-Monitoring of Carbon Monoxide to Enhance Reproductive Outcomes in Women
Our goal is to study self-monitoring of smoking as a means to reduce smoking in pregnant women. Investigators hypothesize that more regular self-monitoring, text messages and feedback as provided by home carbon monoxide…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Smoking, Smoking Cessation
- Trial name
- NCT02246114
- Testing
- piCO+ Smokerlyzer® monitor, Text messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Vaginal Stricture
Newly Designed Vaginal Stent to Improve Patient Comfort and Healing Following Vaginal Surgery or Vaginal Radiation
Each year, females need surgery to create a vaginal canal or pelvic radiation to treat cancer. The result is often a narrowing or scarring of their vagina. To aid in healing a stent is often placed.
- Trial name
- NCT04807387
- Testing
- Vaginal Stent A, Vaginal Stent B, Vaginal Stent
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Sexually Transmitted Disease, Bacterial Vaginosis
Women's Improvement of Sexual Health (WISH) Demonstration Project
The current standard of care for urogenital infections in Rwanda is syndromic management. Many urogenital infections are asymptomatic and therefore completely missed, and the management of vaginal discharge syndrome is known to…
- Conditions
- Sexually Transmitted Disease, Bacterial Vaginosis, Vaginal Candidiasis, Urinary Tract Infections
- Trial name
- WISH (NCT03045809)
- Testing
- Urogenital infection point-of-care tests
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 705 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Janneke van de Wijgert
Infertility
SIS Versus Office Hysteroscopy for Uterine Cavity Evaluation Prior to IVF
Saline infusion sonography (SIS) and hysteroscopy are commonly employed methods for uterine cavity evaluation. While hysteroscopy is regarded as the gold standard for diagnosis of intra-uterine pathology, it is not often used as…
- Trial name
- NCT04415489
- Testing
- Office hysteroscopy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Contraceptive Usage, Alcohol Use Complicating Childbirth
Native-Changing High-risk Alcohol Use and Increasing Contraception Effectiveness Study
Native CHOICES is a randomized controlled trial of an adapted intervention to reduce the risk of alcohol exposed pregnancies in American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs).
- Conditions
- Contraceptive Usage, Alcohol Use Complicating Childbirth, Alcohol Drinking
- Trial name
- Native-CHOICES (NCT03930342)
- Testing
- Native-CHOICES
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 404 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington State University
Contraceptive Usage
'Levonorgestrel IUD Insertion After D&E Procedure
This study is a randomized controlled trial of insertion of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) immediately following dilation \& evacuation (D\&E) compared to delayed insertion 3-6 weeks post-D\&E.
- Trial name
- ILIAD (NCT00475228)
- Testing
- Levonorgestrel IUD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Obesity
Reproductive Hormonal Alterations in Obesity
The purpose of this study is to determine why obese women have lower hormone levels and less fertility than women of normal body weight.
- Trial name
- NCT01457703
- Testing
- Cetrorelix, Gonadorelin-GnRH, Recombinant LH
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Malaria
Optimal Chemopreventive Regimens to Prevent Malaria and Improve Birth Outcomes in Uganda
This trial tests the hypothesis that intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) + dihydroartemisin-piperaquine (DP) will significantly reduce the risk of adverse birth outcomes…
- Trial name
- NCT04336189
- Testing
- Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 2,757 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Grant Dorsey, M.D, Ph.D.
Infertility, Pregnancy
Sexual Absorption of Vaginal Progesterone
The purpose of this study is to determine if sexual intercourse lowers serum progesterone in women using vaginal progesterone gel (Crinone®), and increases serum progesterone in their male sexual partners.
- Trial name
- NCT01959464
- Testing
- Crinone vaginal progesterone gel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Anemia, Iron Deficiency
Is Iron Deficiency the Cause of Anemia Among Women in Cambodia?
Globally, the most common cause of anemia is thought to be iron deficiency anemia (IDA). This was assumed to be the major cause of anemia in Cambodia, because Cambodian diets, which consist mainly of rice, lack iron-rich animal…
- Conditions
- Anemia, Iron Deficiency, Hemoglobin Disorder, Infection
- Trial name
- NCT02481375
- Testing
- Multiple micronutrients, Iron
- Where
- Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 809 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Health Personnel Attitude, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Healthcare Provider Human Papillomavirus Education and Professional Skills Intervention
Healthcare providers (HCP) serving the El Paso U.S.-Mexico Border Region will be recruited to compare educational and professional skills interventions focused on the human papillomavirus (HPV).
- Trial name
- NCT05120869
- Testing
- Tailored HPV Education and Professional Skills Intervention Group, General HPV Education and Communication Skills Control Group
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas, El Paso
Fasting
Role of Leptin in the Neuroendocrine and Immune Response to Fasting
The purpose of this study will be to determine whether giving leptin (r-metHuLeptin) to a person when he or she is fasting will reverse changes in metabolism, and hormone levels, and immune function associated with fasting, which…
- Trial name
- NCT00140231
- Testing
- r-metHuLeptin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Hiv, Contraception
Supporting Young Women's Reproductive Health by Harnessing Prosociality Among Drug Shopkeepers
The goal of the study is to operationalize and test the preliminary impact of providing regular customer feedback from adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) to drug shopkeepers on the distribution of contraceptives and HIV…
- Trial name
- NCT05525533
- Testing
- Harnessing prosocial and social image motivations for behavior change
- Where
- 2 sites in Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Contraceptive Usage
Multilevel Family Planning Intervention
This study seeks to develop and evaluate a multi-level intervention to satisfy couples' unmet need for family planning in rural Uganda.
- Trial name
- NCT04262882
- Testing
- Multilevel Family Planning Intervention, Time and attention matched control
- Where
- 2 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at San Antonio
Reproductive Health
Youth-friendly Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Pilot in Mumbai, India
This study will systematically adapt, pilot test, and evaluate an integrated community/facility intervention to improve the uptake of adolescent-friendly services for married and unmarried adolescent girls and young women (AGYW…
- Trial name
- NCT04307849
- Testing
- Adolescent Health Club, Wait-list Control
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Clinical Trial Comparing Endometrial Transformation With Subcutaneous Progesterone Versus Intramuscular Progesterone
Study the endometrial predecidualization by using subcutaneous progesterone 25 mg/day versus intramuscular progesterone 50 mg/day, to determine whether there are differences in the endometrial transformation and endometrial…
- Trial name
- NCT02567552
- Testing
- Subcutaneous progesterone, Intramuscular progesterone
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IVI Barcelona
Pregnancy, Live Birth
Folic Acid and Zinc Supplementation Trial (FAZST)
The overarching goal of this trial is to determine if an intervention comprising folic acid and zinc dietary supplementation improves semen quality and indirectly fertility outcomes (i.e., live birth rate) among couples trying to…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Live Birth, Spontaneous Abortion
- Trial name
- FAZST (NCT01857310)
- Testing
- 5 mg folic acid and 30 mg elemental zinc
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,370 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)