Txt Now 2 Decrease Pregnancies L8r: A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Daily Text Message Reminders on Pill Continuation

NCT00677703 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: AAAC1600
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 968
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Teen girls and young women taking birth control pills may forget to take their pills or may stop taking them altogether. This places them at risk for unintended pregnancies. Most young women own cell phones and use them for text messaging. We will test whether contraceptive continuation is affected after six months of daily text message reminders.

Conditions

Contraceptives, Oral

Keywords

birth control pills; contraception; continuation; text messaging; contraceptive continuation; contraceptive knowledge

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• contraceptive continuation

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• change in contraceptive knowledge scores

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Standard Care

NO INTERVENTION

Participants will receive standard care without daily reminders.

Text Messages

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive a daily text message reminder for 6 months

Other: Daily Text Messages

Interventions

Daily Text Messages OTHER

Text message reminders to take oral contraception daily: Each text message will be a short educational message listing the benefits of contraceptive use and providing instructions for avoiding common medication errors.

Also known as: Text Messaging

Text Messages

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: Up to 24 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• aged \<25 years requesting OC as their primary method of contraception
• currently sexually active or anticipating sexual activity within the next 30 days
• owns cell phone with text messaging capability

You may not qualify if:

• contraindications to combined hormonal contraception per clinic protocol (e.g., hypertension)
• previous participation in this study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Columbia University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Planned Parenthood Boro Hall

Brooklyn, New York, 11201, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Castano PM, Martinez RA. Harnessing technology for adolescent health promotion. Adolesc Med State Art Rev. 2007 Aug;18(2):400-6, xiii.

  PMID: 18605654 BACKGROUND

• Castano PM, Westhoff C, Andres Martinez R, Lara M. The effect of daily text message reminders on adolescent oral contraceptive pill continuation. Journal of Adolescent Health 44(2): S17, 2009.

  RESULT

• Hall KS, Westhoff CL, Castano PM. The impact of an educational text message intervention on young urban women's knowledge of oral contraception. Contraception. 2013 Apr;87(4):449-54. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2012.09.004. Epub 2012 Oct 10.

  PMID: 23062523 RESULT

• Castano PM, Bynum JY, Andres R, Lara M, Westhoff C. Effect of daily text messages on oral contraceptive continuation: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Jan;119(1):14-20. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31823d4167.

  PMID: 22143257 RESULT

Study Officials

• Paula M Castano, MD, MPH

  Columbia University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Clinical Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 12, 2008
• First Posted: May 14, 2008
• Study Start: January 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2010
• Study Completion: July 1, 2012
• Last Updated: November 19, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-11

Locations

US (1)