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Female Condom Study - Test an Experimental Female Condom
Even though millions of people all over the world need ways to protect themselves from STDs and pregnancy, there is only one FDA approved female condom. This study will test an innovative female condom. It has a flexible external rim but no internal ring. Instead, it has a insertion capsule that dissolves during use.
This study will also test a new method of evaluating how well the study condoms prevent contact with semen by using a cotton swab to sample vaginal fluids before and after intercourse. Approximately 400 couples will take part in this research.
Who is Eligible
We are looking for couples who can tell us how well the study condoms work and what they like and don’t like about them. Couples must be monogamous couples and protected from pregnancy by a hormonal method, an IUD or sterilization. Couples will test condoms in the privacy of their own home.
What Couples Will Do in the Female
Condom Study
You will use four experimental female condoms and four commercial female condoms. Before and after each use, you will use a cotton swab to collect a small amount of fluid from the vagina. You and your partner will also complete a study questionnaire after each condom use.
Both you and your partner will attend an enrollment visit and an exit visit. At the enrollment visit, you will go over paperwork and receive your first set of condoms and study supplies. The female partner will have one additional visit to pick up the second set of condoms and supplies.
Compensation
Couples can earn up to $300. All study condoms and supplies are provided free of charge.
Locations
- Northern California - San Francisco, East Bay
- Southern California - Mid-Wilshire, Century City, North Hollywood, Irvine, Los Alamitos
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Decision Making Study
The purpose of this study is to learn more about why people decide to use a condom or not when they have intercourse. Participants will be asked to record their reasons for deciding to use a condom, to substitute another contraceptive method, or for not using any method on study diaries.
This study may further our understanding of the reasons people have for deciding on whether or not to use contraceptive methods to protect themselves from pregnancy and/or sexually transmitted infection.
What You Will Do in the Decision Making Study
You will meet with us once to go over paperwork and collect study supplies. Over a one month period of time you will complete a diary about each act of intercourse. When completed you will mail your completed diaries back to us.
Who is Eligible
We are looking for men and women between the ages of 18-30 who rely on a barrier method to prevent pregnancy.
Compensation
You can earn up to $50 for completing the study.
Location
Northern California - Berkeley
For More Information
- Call us to see if you are eligible Northern California 1-800-300-5767
- E-mail us in Northern California
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