Recruiting

Decision Aid

Sponsor:

University of Pittsburgh

Code:

NCT07451067

Conditions

Vasectomy

Contraception

Contraception Behavior

Reproductive Behavior

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 21 - 55

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

"Vasectomy: Right for Me?" decision aid

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this trial is to learn if a web-based decision aid designed to provide evidence-based information about vasectomy and other birth control options helps improve users' decision-making about birth control. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Do people who use the decision aid have better knowledge about vasectomy?
  • Do people who use the decision aid have lower conflict with their decision?

Participants will:

  • Use the decision aid (if they are assigned to the intervention arm).
  • Answer survey questions about their knowledge, decision-making, interest in vasectomy, and healthcare navigation experiences.

Conditions

Vasectomy

Contraception

Contraception Behavior

Reproductive Behavior

Study ID

NCT07451067

Start date

Jun 20, 2026

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Aug, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 21 - 55

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Are assigned male at birth
  • 21-55 years of age
  • Comfortable reading in English or Spanish
  • Live in the United States
  • Are considering vasectomy
  • Have not had a vasectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Are not assigned male at birth
  • Are less than 21 or more than 55 years of age
  • Is not comfortable reading English nor Spanish
  • Do not live in the United States
  • Are not considering vasectomy
  • Have had a vasectomy
  • Once a racial or economic sub-group recruitment number has been reached, no other subjects fitting that ethnicity or income group will be enrolled.

Study Design

Enrollment

750 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Decision Aid Arm

Participants will use the web-based decision aid.

no intervention: Control Arm

Participants will be asked to take their T1 survey directly after randomization, without using the decision aid.

Interventions

"Vasectomy: Right for Me?" decision aid

The vasectomy decision aid is a web-based decision aid designed to help men make informed and value-concordant decisions about vasectomy.

Primary outcome measure

  • Participant knowledge about vacectomy [ Time Frame: Up to 45 minutes ]
  • Participant decisional conflict in contraceptive choice [ Time Frame: Up to 45 minutes ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Sonya Borrero, MD, MS

412-692-4841borrsp@upmc.edu

Kari White, PhD, MPH

512-612-4766kariwhite@resoundrh.org

Locations

Resound Research for Reproductive Health, a project of the Tides Center

Recruiting

San Francisco, California, United States, 94129

Contacts

Jeanette Cunningham Rottas, MA

202-271-2607jeanetterottas@resoundrh.org

Principal Investigator:

Kari White, PhD, MPH

CONVERGE Toward Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity

Recruiting

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213

Contacts

Michaella Wu, MPH

704-502-3395mlw160@pitt.edu

Principal Investigator:

Sonya Borrero, MD, MS

More Information

Sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

Last update posted

Jul 23, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Keywords

  • Vasectomy
  • Decision aid

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 Pittsburgh on 2026-07-23.