Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Teen Options to Prevent Pregnancy (T.O.P.P.) Program

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01456793

Enrollment

598

Registered

2011-10-21

Start date

2011-10-31

Completion date

2016-09-30

Last updated

2017-03-07

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Conditions

Pregnancy

Keywords

Pregnancy prevention, Pregnancy, Birth, Contraceptive use, Adolescents

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Teen Options to Prevent Pregnancy (T.O.P.P.) program in increasing contraceptive use and reducing repeat pregnancies among pregnant and parenting adolescents in central Ohio.

Detailed description

The risk for teen pregnancy is especially high among teen mothers, leading, in some cases, to unsafe intervals between teen births. The Teen Options to Prevent Pregnancy (T.O.P.P.) program is an 18-month clinic-based program that aims to reduce repeat pregnancies among pregnant and parenting adolescents by providing telephone-based care coordination and mobile contraceptive services to this high-risk population. This study uses a randomized controlled design to compare the effectiveness of T.O.P.P. versus usual care provided to patients at participating clinics. Study participants will be adolescent mothers between the ages of 10 to 19 recruited through seven OhioHealth women's health clinics and three OhioHealth hospitals covering seven counties in central Ohio. This study is being conducted as part of the national Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Adolescent Health.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALTeen Options to Prevent Pregnancy (T.O.P.P.)

Telephone-based care coordination and mobile contraceptive services

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

10 Years to 19 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 10 - 19 years old * Female * 28 weeks pregnant through 8 week post partum * Medicaid recipient * English speaking * Patient of OhioHealth

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of repeat pregnancy	30 months after baseline

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Contraceptive Use	6 months after baseline

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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