Recruiting

Tubal Sterilization & LARC

Sponsor:

UCLA

Code:

NCT06296797

Conditions

Contraception

Reproductive Behavior

Contraception Behavior

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 21 - 45

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Control arm: Existing educational website

Advancing Access Website

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this study is to understand whether providing information to women with a strong desire to avoid future pregnancy about how tubal sterilization compares to long-acting reversible contraceptives improves perceived access to available contraceptives.

Participants will:

  • Complete a baseline survey
  • Receive access to web-based educational resources
  • Complete a brief follow up survey immediately after exploring these web-based resources
  • Complete a follow-up survey 3 months after enrolling

The investigators will compare outcomes among participants provided with access to a new website (intervention) summarizing recent patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) comparing interval laparoscopic tubal sterilization and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) to control participants provided with access to the existing Planned Parenthood website on tubal sterilization.

Conditions

Contraception

Reproductive Behavior

Contraception Behavior

Study ID

NCT06296797

Start date

Apr 1, 2024

Status verified date

Jan, 2026

Completion date

Aug 1, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 1, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 21 - 45

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Self-reported fertility
  • Have a strong desire to avoid future pregnancy
  • Speak English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current pregnancy
  • The inability to speak English or Spanish
  • Prior tubal sterilization or "Essure" procedure
  • Menopause
  • Infertility
  • Hysterectomy

Study Design

Enrollment

650 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Comparative information on tubal sterilization and other long-acting contraceptives

A new website comparing tubal sterilization to vasectomy and long-acting reversible contraceptives

active comparator: Information on tubal sterilization

Participants will be shown an existing web page developed by Planned Parenthood for people considering tubal sterilization

Interventions

Control arm: Existing educational website

Information about tubal sterilization currently provided on the Planned Parenthood website

Advancing Access Website

A website comparing tubal sterilization to long-acting reversible contraceptives informed by recent patient centered outcomes research.

Primary outcome measure

  • Perceived Access to Long Acting Contraceptives [ Time Frame: Immediately after introduction to website and at 3 months follow-up ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Eleanor Schwarz, MD, MS

415-502-1826eleanor.schwarz@ucsf.edu

Agatha Okobi

(510) 660-0915agatha.okobi@ucsf.edu

Locations

University of California, San Francisco

Recruiting

San Francisco, California, United States, 94143

Contacts

Eleanor Schwarz, MD, MS

eleanor.schwarz@ucsf.edu

Agatha Okobi

agatha.okobi@ucsf.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Last update posted

Jan 26, 2026

Last verified

Jan, 2026

Keywords

  • tubal sterilization
  • permanent contraception
  • intrauterine device
  • contraceptive implant
  • vasectomy

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of California, San Francisco on 2026-01-26.