NCT03500952

Brief Summary

Family Planning Ahead is a study that aims to improve decision-making about postpartum contraception. Family Planning Ahead will test two different strategies: a patient decision aid and a patient information leaflet.

Trial Health

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Monitor

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
41

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2018

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
terminated

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 22, 2018

Completed
19 days until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

April 10, 2018

Completed
8 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

April 18, 2018

Completed
4 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

August 23, 2018

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

August 23, 2018

Completed
Last Updated

January 9, 2019

Status Verified

January 1, 2019

Enrollment Period

5 months

First QC Date

April 10, 2018

Last Update Submit

January 7, 2019

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Perceived support in decision-making

    The extent to which the person feels they received adequate support and advice without pressure to make a decision about postpartum contraceptive methods, measured using adapted versions of the Support subscale of the Decisional Conflict Scale (O'Connor, 1993).

    T2 (Approximately 7-11 weeks after self-reported estimated due date)

Secondary Outcomes (30)

  • Perceptions of being informed

    T0 (immediately following study enrollment); T1 (one week following study enrollment)

  • Values clarity

    T0 (immediately following study enrollment); T1 (one week following study enrollment)

  • Decisional uncertainty

    T0 (immediately following study enrollment); T1 (one week following study enrollment)

  • Decision self-efficacy

    T0 (immediately following study enrollment); T1 (one week following study enrollment)

  • Intended contraceptive method(s): LARC vs. other

    T0 (immediately following study enrollment); T1 (one week following study enrollment)

  • +25 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Patient Decision Aid

EXPERIMENTAL

Birth Control After Pregnancy patient decision aid and supporting document

Other: Birth Control After Pregnancy

Patient Information Leaflet

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Postpartum Birth Control patient information leaflet

Other: Postpartum Birth Control

Interventions

A 27-page patient decision aid in portable document format (and an accompanying 3-page supporting document in portable document format) hosted online.

Patient Decision Aid

A 4-page patient information leaflet in portable document format and text format hosted online.

Patient Information Leaflet

Eligibility Criteria

Age15 Years+
Sexfemale
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Currently pregnant
  • Between 28 and 38 weeks' gestation at the time of enrollment
  • Estimated due date in March, April, May, or June 2018
  • years or older
  • Can read and write English
  • Live in the United States
  • Share a valid email address for study purposes

You may not qualify if:

  • Not currently pregnant
  • Less than 28 weeks' or more than 38 weeks' gestation at the time of enrollment
  • Estimated due date earlier than March 2018 or later than June 2018
  • Under 15 years
  • Can not read and write English
  • Do not live in the United States
  • Do not share a valid email address for study purposes

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Internet (Dartmouth College)

Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, United States

Location

Related Publications (7)

  • Dehlendorf C, Henderson JT, Vittinghoff E, Grumbach K, Levy K, Schmittdiel J, Lee J, Schillinger D, Steinauer J. Association of the quality of interpersonal care during family planning counseling with contraceptive use. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jul;215(1):78.e1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.01.173. Epub 2016 Jan 28.

    PMID: 26827879BACKGROUND
  • Thompson R, Manski R, Donnelly KZ, Stevens G, Agusti D, Banach M, Boardman MB, Brady P, Colon Bradt C, Foster T, Johnson DJ, Li Z, Norsigian J, Nothnagle M, Olson AL, Shepherd HL, Stern LF, Tosteson TD, Trevena L, Upadhya KK, Elwyn G. Right For Me: protocol for a cluster randomised trial of two interventions for facilitating shared decision-making about contraceptive methods. BMJ Open. 2017 Oct 22;7(10):e017830. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017830.

    PMID: 29061624BACKGROUND
  • Dugan E, Trachtenberg F, Hall MA. Development of abbreviated measures to assess patient trust in a physician, a health insurer, and the medical profession. BMC Health Serv Res. 2005 Oct 3;5:64. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-64.

    PMID: 16202125BACKGROUND
  • Barr PJ, Thompson R, Walsh T, Grande SW, Ozanne EM, Elwyn G. The psychometric properties of CollaboRATE: a fast and frugal patient-reported measure of the shared decision-making process. J Med Internet Res. 2014 Jan 3;16(1):e2. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3085.

    PMID: 24389354BACKGROUND
  • Bennett C, Graham ID, Kristjansson E, Kearing SA, Clay KF, O'Connor AM. Validation of a preparation for decision making scale. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Jan;78(1):130-3. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.05.012. Epub 2009 Jun 26.

    PMID: 19560303BACKGROUND
  • O'Connor, A. M. (1995). Decision Self Efficacy Scale: User manual. Retrieved from https://decisionaid.ohri.ca/docs/develop/User_Manuals/UM_Decision_SelfEfficacy.pdf

    BACKGROUND
  • O'Connor, A. (2010). Decisional Conflict Scale: User manual. Retrieved from https://decisionaid.ohri.ca/docs/develop/User_Manuals/UM_Decisional_Conflict.pdf

    BACKGROUND

Study Officials

  • Rachel Thompson, PhD

    Dartmouth College

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
OTHER
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Assistant Professor, The Dartmouth Institute

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

April 10, 2018

First Posted

April 18, 2018

Study Start

March 22, 2018

Primary Completion

August 23, 2018

Study Completion

August 23, 2018

Last Updated

January 9, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-01

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

The investigators will make an anonymized copy of the final participant-level data set available to others for research purposes, either via data sharing on request or digital repository deposit.

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