Emergency Contraception - User's Profile

Postcoital Contraception Clinical Trial

Official title: Emergency Contraception - Observational Study of User's Profile

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Retrospective analysis of requests of emergency hormonal contraception using pharmacy protocols registered in 2003 and 2006.

Clinical Trial Description

In 2002, Levonorgestrel was introduced in Switzerland for emergency hormonal contraception (EC) without prescription ('pharmacist only'). In 2003, a first analysis of requests of EC showed that the dispensing of EC through pharmacies could successfully be implemented (Lemke et al 2004).

This study was repeated three years later with the aim to explore whether the user's profile has changed after introduction of a low threshold access to EC. ;

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Postcoital Contraception

• NCT number: NCT01771016
• Study type: Observational
• Source: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2006
• Completion date: August 2009