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Trial reportObstetrics and gynecology2015

Intrauterine Device Placement During Cesarean Delivery and Continued Use 6 Months Postpartum: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Erika E Levi, Gretchen S Stuart, Matthew L Zerden, Joanne M Garrett, Amy G Bryant

Registry-linked trialAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Obstetrics and gynecology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07264933 (Effect of Immediate Postplacental Copper T380A Intrauterine Device Insertion Versus Postpartum Progesterone-only Pills on Uterine Niche Formation After Primary Cesarean Section), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07264933 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Immediate Postplacental Copper T380A Intrauterine Device Insertion Versus Postpartum Progesterone-only Pills on Uterine Niche Formation After Primary Cesarean Section: a Prospective, Open-label Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorBenha UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled750ConditionsScar Niche, Myometrial Remodeling, Contraceptive Device, ComplicationsArmsPrimary Cesarean Section, immediate postplacental insertion of a copper T380A intrauterine device, progesterone-only pills, Transvaginal ultrasound
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Placement of Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Device at the Time of Cesarean Delivery and the Effect on Breastfeeding Duration.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2018
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  8. U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2024.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2024
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  14. Intrauterine Device Insertion during Cesarean Section in Women without Prenatal Contraception Counseling: Lessons from a Country with High Cesarean Rates.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Erika E LeviDivision of Family Planning and Global Health, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York; and the Division of Family Planning, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Gretchen S Stuart
Matthew L Zerden
Joanne M Garrett
Amy G Bryant

Funding

Re-Entry Supplement: Investigation of Oral Microbial Enzymes for the Detection and Treatment of Periodontal DiseaseUL1TR002489 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BUSE, JOHN BERNARD, SHAHEEN, NICHOLAS J · 2018 to 2022
$48.6M
North Carolina Translational & Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS)UL1TR001111 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BUSE, JOHN BERNARD, CAREY, TIMOTHY S · 2013 to 2017
$43.9M
North Carolina Translational & Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS)TL1TR001110 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BUSE, JOHN BERNARD, CAREY, TIMOTHY S · 2013 to 2017
$489k
NCATS NIH HHS 1UL1TR001111NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001110NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001111NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare intrauterine device (IUD) use at 6 months postpartum among women who underwent intracesarean delivery (during cesarean delivery) IUD placement compared with women who planned for interval IUD placement 6 or more weeks postpartum.

methodsIn this nonblinded randomized trial, women who were undergoing a cesarean delivery and desired an IUD were randomized to intracesarean delivery or interval IUD placement. The primary outcome was IUD use at 6 months postpartum. A sample size of 112 (56 in each group) was planned to detect a 15% difference in IUD use at 6 months postpartum between groups.

resultsFrom March 2012 to June 2014, 172 women were screened and 112 women were randomized into the trial. Baseline characteristics were similar between groups. Data regarding IUD use at 6 months postpartum were available for 98 women, 48 and 50 women in the intracesarean delivery and interval groups, respectively. A larger proportion of the women in the intracesarean delivery group were using an IUD at 6 months postpartum (40/48 [83%]) compared with those in the interval group (32/50 [64%], relative risk 1.3, 95% confidence interval 1.02-1.66). Among the 56 women randomized to interval IUD insertion, 22 (39%) of them never received an IUD; 14 (25%) never returned for IUD placement, five (9%) women declined an IUD, and three (5%) had a failed IUD placement.

conclusionIntrauterine device placement at the time of cesarean delivery leads to a higher proportion of IUD use at 6 months postpartum when compared with interval IUD placement. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: I.

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Cesarean SectionPostpartum PeriodAdolescentAdultFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIntrauterine DevicesMiddle AgedPregnancyProspective StudiesYoung Adult

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PMID26241250
PMCPMC5354629

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