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Final results of from the EURAS-IUD extension study

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Our latest publication, Perforation risk and intra-uterine devices: results of the EURAS-IUD 5-year extension study, has just been published in the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care.  This landmark observational study followed women for 5 years and identified intra-uterine device (IUD) perforations dectected from 12 to 60 months following IUD insertion.

The incidence of uterine perforations in this study was low, although higher than the commonly reported rate.  Clinical sequalae of perforations were generally mild and associated with a very low risk of injury.  You can download the full text of article using this link: Full Article

 

Meet us at ICPE

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We are delighted to be packing our bags again this summer and heading across the Atlantic to the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) conference in Montreal, Canada.  Our project management team will be presenting five posters and one oral presentation over the five days sharing the latest developments from our non-interventional, primary data driven studies.

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We will also be sharing a booth with our friends and colleagues at Kantar Health.  If you miss us during one of our sessions, come and find us in the exhibit hall.

 

Fertility and oral contraceptives

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Our latest publication, Fertility and combined oral contraceptives – unintended pregnancies and planned pregnancies following oral contraceptive use – results from the INAS-SCORE study, was published in the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health in October 2016. In this article we reviewed the secondary fertility outcomes from the INAS-SCORE study and compared United States and European data. Interestingly, even after excluding ‘improper use’ as a cause for unplanned pregnancy, US women were more likely to expereince unplanned pregnancies than their European counterparts – a result we still cannot explain.

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