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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Safety and efficacy of a triphasic oral contraceptive containing

desogestrel: results of three multicenter trials.

AUTHORS

Darney P

SOURCE

CONTRACEPTION. 1993 Oct;48(4):323-37.

ABSTRACT

This report combines the data obtained in 3 multicenter efficacy studies with a new triphasic oral contraceptive (OC)

combination containing desogestrel (DSG) and ethinyl estradiol (EE). The studies were conducted at 40

investigational sites in the US (38 centers) and Canada (2 centers) in support of the US Food and Drug

Administration approval of the product. In total, 1095 subjects were exposed to the study medication for 11,231

cycles, corresponding to approximately 864 woman-years of use. Of these subjects, 414 completed at least 13

cycles of treatment. Contraceptive efficacy was high; 6 pregnancies occurred during the in-treatment period (2 due to

method failure and 4 due to user failure), corresponding to Pearl Indices of 0.23 and 0.46, respectively. The

incidence of irregular bleeding was low, and the acceptability was excellent as evidenced by the low incidence of

drug-related dropouts. No drug-related serious adverse experiences were reported, and the incidence of other drug-

related adverse experiences was generally low and decreased with continued use. No effects were seen on blood

pressure, body mass index, laboratory parameters, cervical cytology, and breast nodularity. These studies

demonstrate that triphasic DSG/EE is an effective and acceptable triphasic OC preparation with excellent cycle

control and no significant physiologic effects. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4572-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Safety and efficacy of a triphasic oral contraceptive

containing desogestrel: results of three multicenter trials.", is(are) Darney P. The source of this article is

"CONTRACEPTION. 1993 Oct;48(4):323-37.". This article was published in 1993 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4572-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9572

This article is peer-reviewed.

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