Mobile Technology for Improved Family Planning

Contraception Clinical Trial

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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01823861
• Other study ID #: MarieStopes
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2013
• Est. completion date: December 2014

Study information

• Verified date: March 2020
• Source: Marie Stopes International
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

An individual randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the effectiveness of a voice-based mobile phone health (mHealth) intervention to support post-abortion family planning (PAFP) at four Marie Stopes International clinics in Cambodia.

The study seeks to address the research question: does a PAFP mHealth intervention increase use of contraception in Cambodia? STUDY RESULTS: http://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/en/

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: December 2014
• Est. primary completion date: December 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Client attending for abortion

• Client does not want to have a child at the current time

• Client aged 18 or over

• Client owns a mobile phone

• Client willing to receive simple voice messages relating to contraception from Marie Stopes in Khmer language

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not meeting inclusion criteria

• Declined to participate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Contraception
• mHealth
• Post-abortion Family Planning

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mobile phone-based intervention
Automated voice message to support post-abortion contraception use every two weeks for total of three months. Direct follow up phone call by family planning counsellor depending on response to voice message.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Cambodia	Marie Stopes International	Phnom Penh

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Marie Stopes International	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Cambodia, 

References & Publications (1)

Smith C, Ngo TD, Gold J, Edwards P, Vannak U, Sokhey L, Machiyama K, Slaymaker E, Warnock R, McCarthy O, Free C. Effect of a mobile phone-based intervention on post-abortion contraception: a randomized controlled trial in Cambodia. Bull World Health Organ — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Use of a Effective Contraceptive Method at Four-months Post-abortion	Self-reported use of pill, coil, implant or injection for all participants. Objective measurement of contraceptive use for participants from one clinic.	4 months
Secondary	Pregnancy		4 months
Secondary	Repeat Abortion		4 months
Secondary	Contraceptive Discontinuation		4 months