To assess the contraceptive efficacy (prevention of pregnancy) of LevoCept
Study Design: Prospective, multi-center, single-arm, open-label, Phase 3 clinical study to 3 years with extension up to 5 years Number of Subjects: Approximately 1,525 subjects will be enrolled into the study Study Population: Post-menarcheal, pre-menopausal women up to age 45 years, who are at risk for pregnancy and who desire a long-term intrauterine contraceptive for birth control will be eligible for this study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,525
Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System
Contraceptive efficacy through 3 years of use as calculated by the Pearl Index
Time frame: through 3 years of use
Contraceptive efficacy at Years 4 and 5 as calculated by the Pearl Index
Time frame: Years 4 and 5 and cumulatively through Years 4 and 5
Pregnancy percentage
Time frame: Years 1 through 5
Ease of LevoCept placement
Ease of LevoCept placement will be summarized for the Safety population as reported by the investigator (Very easy, Easy, Neither Easy nor Hard, Hard, Very Hard).
Time frame: Day 1 / LevoCept placement
LevoCept Placement success
The number of subjects with either a successful or unsuccessful placement will be summarized
Time frame: Day 1 / LevoCept placement
Incidence of AEs and SAEs
Time frame: 5 years
Bleeding and spotting patterns
Time frame: Through year 1
Insertion pain assessed immediately after insertion
Summarized for subjects with and without prior prophylactic pain medication as measured by an 11-Point Numeric Pain Rating Scale. The scale being 0 - 10 with 0 being no pain and 10 being the worse pain
Time frame: Day 1, immediately after insertion
Cumulative LevoCept continuation rates
Continuation rates at Years 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Reasons for discontinuation will be summarized.
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Essential Access Health-Berkeley
Berkeley, California, United States
Essential Access Health-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
University of California Davis Health System Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sacramento, California, United States
WR-Medical Center for Clinical Research
San Diego, California, United States
Women's Health Care Research
San Diego, California, United States
Stanford University, Medical Center, Obstetrics and Gynecolocy
Stanford, California, United States
University Of Colorado Department of Obstetrics & Gyncology
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Emory University School of Medicine Gynecology/Obstetrics
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Soapstone Center for Clinical Research
Decatur, Georgia, United States
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
...and 17 more locations
Time frame: Years 1 through 5
Cumulative LevoCept expulsion rates
Time frame: Years 1 through 5
Return to Fertility. Only for subjects requesting LevoCept removal to become pregnant.
Time frame: Subjects will be followed for either 1 year, until they decide to no longer try to conceive or they become pregnant, whichever comes first.
Release rate of LNG from the IUS and resulting pharmacokinetics of LNG (PK substudy)
Time frame: Years 1 through 5