Implants on Mobile Health Unit

The University of Chicago

Status: Completed

Conditions: Contraception

Treatments: Device: Nexplaon

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03347539

IRB17-0233

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study explores reasons why adolescents choose to receive a nexplanon implant and remove a Nexplanon implant. Nexplanon is provided as part of the standard of care on the University of Chicago mobile health unit. This study explores reasons for implantation and removal of Nexplanon on this mobile health unit.

Enrollment: 1 patient

Sex: Female

Ages: 14 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be biologically female
• Be seeking reproductive healthcare on a mobile health unit
• Be interested in receiving Nexplanon for birth control.
• Be between 14 and 19 years of age.

Exclusion criteria

• Be biologically male
• Be 13 and younger or 20 and older.

Trial design

1 participants in 2 patient groups

Nexplanon

Description:

This group is participants who choose to receive the nexplanon implant. This group will only have one study interaction in the form of filling out a survey, at the time of implant.

Treatment:

Device: Nexplaon

Removal participants

Description:

This group is participants who choose to remove the nexplanon implant. This group will only have one study interaction in the form of filling out a survey, at the time of removal. Anyone with a Nexplanon implant can have the implant removed on the mobile health unit and become part of this group - removal participants do not need to be in the Nexplanon group.