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Clinical trialNCT02445989CompletedPhase 4Interventional

Effects of Contraceptive Ring on Vaginal Microbiota, HIV Shedding and Local Immunity

SponsorUniversity of WashingtonEnrollment120Bacterial VaginosisHIV
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Summary

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The investigators propose to explore the hypothesis-supported by limited data-that a contraceptive vaginal ring (CVR) that is commonly used in the United States, the NuvaRing, will enhance women's genital and reproductive health. The investigators propose that this CVR will increase the bacteria that help the vaginal environment protect against infection by HIV and other STIs, and that in women who already have HIV, use of the CVR will lower the quantity of HIV that is shed in the female genital tract.
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Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Kenya
  • Thika Clinic

    Thika, Kenya

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

NuvaRing
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 May 2016
Primary completion
30 Nov 2018
Completion
31 Dec 2018
Last update posted
10 Dec 2018
Registered enrollment
120
Registry id
NCT02445989
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.