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A Clinical Study on Yasmin® vs. Marvelon® in Chinese Women Requiring Contraception

An Open-Label, Randomised, Parallel-Group Comparison to Investigate the Efficacy of Yasmin® (30 µg Ethinylestradiol, 3mg Drospirenone) and Marvelon® (30 µg Ethinylestradiol, 150 µg Desogestrel) on Cycle Control in Healthy Chinese Women Over 13 Cycles

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00185419
Enrollment
842
Registered
2005-09-16
Start date
2003-11-30
Completion date
2006-03-31
Last updated
2009-01-14

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Conditions

Contraception

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness in terms of prevention of pregnancy and safety of the oral contraceptive Yasmin and Marvelon on cycle control in healthy Chinese women

Detailed description

The study has previously been posted by Schering AG, Germany. Schering AG, Germany has been renamed to Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany. Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany is the sponsor of the trial.

Interventions

DRUGYasmin

30 µg ethinylestradiol, 3mg drospirenone

30 µg ethinylestradiol, 150 µg desogestrel

Sponsors

Bayer
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
20 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Healthy Chinese female requesting contraceptives

Exclusion criteria

* Vascular, metabolic, hepatic, renal, oncologic and other diseases

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary efficacy variable is the comparison of cycle control from randomisation to cycle 13. This will be based on the number of subjects reporting at least 1 unexpected intracyclic bleeding episode between cycles 2 to 13.13 treatment cycles (1 cycle= 28 days)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Weight changes13 treatment cycles
Contraceptive reliability13 treatment cycles
Effects on skin condition13 treatment cycles
Changes in MDQ subscale scores13 treatment cycles
Adverse Eventsthe whole study period

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026