Long-term Active Surveillance Study for Oral Contraceptives (LASS)

NCT ID: NCT00676065

Last Updated: 2014-11-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

58303 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2001-02-28

Study Completion Date

2011-12-31

Brief Summary

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The objective of this study is to characterize and compare the risks of long-term use of oral contraceptives containing drospirenone and of other established oral contraceptives.

Detailed Description

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The LASS Study is a large, multinational, prospective, controlled, non-interventional, long-term cohort study that follows a series of cohorts. The cohorts consist of new users (first-ever users, switchers and restarters) of three different groups of oral contraceptives (OCs): OCs containing drospirenone (DRSP), OCs containing levonorgestrel (LNG) and OCs containing other progestogens. A "non-interference" approach is used to provide standardized, comprehensive, reliable information on these groups of OCs under routine medical conditions.

The main clinical outcomes of interest for the long-term follow-up are arterial and venous thromboembolism as well as breast cancer. Regular, active contacts with the cohort members (=active surveillance) provide all necessary information on health-related events or changes in health status.

The study is based on the existing long-term EURAS cohorts who are still in follow-up. LASS succeeds EURAS and prolongs the follow-up period for another five years. Total follow-up time of members of the long-term cohorts will be between 6 and 10 years. By means of annual contacts almost all relevant clinical outcomes will be captured. This will be accomplished by contacting the relevant physicians and by reviewing relevant source documents in the case of relevant clinical outcomes.

Conditions

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Arterial Thromboembolism Venous Thromboembolism Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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1

Women who take oral contraceptives containing drospirenone

No interventions assigned to this group

2

Women who take oral contraceptives containing levonorgestrel

No interventions assigned to this group

3

Women who take oral contraceptives containing other progestogens

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women who are prescribed an oral contraceptive and who are new users (first-ever users, switchers or restarters) of the formulation

Exclusion Criteria

* Women who do not consent to participate in the study
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Bayer

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Center for Epidemiology and Health Research, Germany

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Juergen Dinger, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Juergen Dinger, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Center for Epidemiology and Health Research Berlin, Germany

Locations

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Center for Epidemiology and Health Research

Berlin, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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Dinger J, Mohner S, Heinemann K. Cardiovascular risks associated with the use of drospirenone-containing combined oral contraceptives. Contraception. 2016 May;93(5):378-85. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2016.01.012. Epub 2016 Jan 26.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26825258 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ZEG2006_03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id