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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02905526
Date of registration: 14/09/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Public title: An Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase Use of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Bolivia
Scientific title: A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase Use of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Bolivia
Date of first enrolment: March 1, 2017
Target sample size: 645
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02905526
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Bolivia
Contacts
Name:     Caroline Free, PhD
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Affiliation:  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Aged 16-24

- Own a personal Android mobile phone

- Live in El Alto or La Paz Bolivia

- Sexually active

- Not using the pill, implant, injection, intrauterine device or patch

- Want to avoid a pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

- Cannot read Spanish



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: 24 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Contraception
Intervention(s)
Other: Mobile phone app
Behavioral: Contraceptive instant messages
Primary Outcome(s)
Use of effective contraception [Time Frame: 4 months]
Acceptability of at least one method of effective contraception [Time Frame: 4 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Service uptake [Time Frame: 4 months]
Discontinuation of effective contraception [Time Frame: 4 months]
Unintended pregnancy [Time Frame: 4 months]
Acceptability of individual effective contraceptive methods [Time Frame: 4 months]
Induced abortion [Time Frame: 4 months]
Secondary ID(s)
10999
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Centro de Investigacion, Educacion y Servicios
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