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NCT Number: NCT01277211

A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of NuvaRing® to Prevent Pregnancies in Chinese Women (P06450)

This is a study to assess the effectiveness of NuvaRing® (SCH 900702) for the prevention of pregnancy in fertile Chinese women. The acceptability and safety of NuvaRing® will also be assessed and compared with that of Yasmin.

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Key information

Conditions

Age range

18 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

About this study

The purpose of this study is to assess the contraceptive efficacy of NuvaRing in fertile Chinese women; to assess vaginal bleeding pattern (cycle control), general safety, and acceptability of NuvaRing; and to evaluate the NuvaRing's effect on dysmenorrhea.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Sexually active Chinese women, at risk for pregnancy and not planning to use condoms during trial medication use
  • Women in need for contraception and willing to use a hormonal contraceptive method for 13 cycles
  • Body mass index ≥18 and ≤29 kg/m^2

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contraindications for contraceptive steroids
  • Abnormal cervical smear corresponding to indeterminate changes at screening
  • Clinically relevant abnormal laboratory result at screening as judged by the investigator.

Treatment and study plan

ENG 120 µg + EE 15 µg intravaginal ring

Drug

13 cycles of ENG-EE (NuvaRing) vaginal ring use. Each cycle 28 days, with a 21-day active treatment period followed by 7-day ring-free period. One ring per cycle, each ring containing 11.7 mg ENG and 2.7 mg EE, and releasing on average 120 mcg/day of ENG and 15 mcg/day of EE.

Other names: NuvaRing

DRSP 3 mg + EE 30 µg

Drug

13 cycles of DRSP-EE tablet use. Each cycle 28 days, with a 21-day active treatment period followed by a 7-day tablet-free period. Participants received total of 21 tablets per cycle, each tablet contained 3 mg DRSP and 30 μg EE.

Other names: Yasmin

Primary outcomes

  1. Pearl Index, by Treatment Group

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

    Primary Efficacy Outcome measure for this study was contraceptive efficacy, or the prevention of in-treatment pregnancy. The total incidence of in-treatment pregnancies was expressed as the Pearl Index, which is defined as the number of in-treatment pregnancies per 100 woman-years of exposure (one woman-year defined as a period of 365.25 days).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants With Intermenstrual (Breakthrough) Bleeding/Spotting, by Cycle

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

    Participants kept diaries to record vaginal bleeding events. They were asked to record, on a daily basis, whether they experienced vaginal bleeding, which included BLEEDING or SPOTTING, at any time during a cycle other than normal menstruation while in the study. (This is also known as "breakthough" bleeding.) Vaginal bleeding that required >=2 pads/tampons per day was classified as BLEEDING. Vaginal bleeding that required <=1 pad/tampon per day was classified as SPOTTING.

  2. Percentage of Participants With Absence of Withdrawal Bleeding, by Cycle

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

    Participants kept diaries to record vaginal bleeding events. They were asked to record, on a daily basis, whether vaginal bleeding was present. Absence of withdrawal bleeding was defined as no bleeding/spotting during the expected bleeding period.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Organon and Co

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled, Multi-Center Trial to Evaluate the Contraceptive Efficacy, Cycle Control, Safety and Acceptability of NuvaRing® (SCH 900702) in Chinese Women

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Jan 14, 2011
Registry last updated
Jun 20, 2024

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