Contraceptive Choice Center (C3)

The Center for Contraceptive Excellence: an Innovative Health Services Delivery and Payment Model

The Contraceptive Choice Center will use an innovative-model of contraceptive care which was developed as a part of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project (CHOICE). This delivery model will deliver high-quality family planning services for women and reduce unintended pregnancies and births. This intervention will result in improved health for women, improved health care, and reduced costs to Medicaid.

The Center will provide care to women ages 14-45 years of age.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Contraception; Unintended Pregnancy; Family Planning

Detailed Description

The Center will provide high-quality contraceptive care using the innovative model of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project. Specifically, the model will provide the following components: 1) Structured, evidence-based contraceptive counseling; 2) education of providers about long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods and evidence-based guidelines for contraceptive provision; 3) removal of patient barriers to family planning services; and 4) post-visit contraceptive support. The model addresses the barriers to contraceptive uptake.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 2664

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Missouri
    • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63108
      • Division of Clinical Research at Washington University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years to 45 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

We plan to recruit women who are at high risk for unintended pregnancy and birth.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Childbearing-age seeking family planning services
• Negative pregnancy test
• Willing and able to undergo informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current participation in a research study that would interfere with the conduct of this study
• Currently pregnant

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Women seeking family planning services; Women seeking family planning and gynecological services will be enrolled in our study.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Rate of unintended pregnancy	Reduce unintended pregnancy by 10% - # of pregnancies that are unintended per 1000 reproductive-age women (14-45 years)	24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Rate of unintended births	Reduce unintended births and associated costs by 15% - # of births that are unintended per 1000 reproductive age women	24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
• Collaborators: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Tessa Madden, MD,MPH, Washington University School of Medicine

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 22, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 14, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): December 17, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 3, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 1, 2021
• Last Verified: June 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 201410028