Conditions: Oral Contraceptive
Keywords: Oral Contraceptives Breast Tissue
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 33
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The purpose of this research study is to gain a better understanding of the changes that may occur in the breast when a woman uses an oral contraceptive (birth control pill). Some research indicates that women who use birth control pills with lower amounts of progestin (a hormone in the birth control pill) may have lower breast cell growth than women who use birth control pills with a higher amount of progestin; this research will examine that in detail.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Ortho-Novum® 1/35 is an oral contraceptive that contains more progestin. arm 2: Ovcon Fe® is an oral contraceptive that contains less progestin.

Interventions: intervention 1: Oral Contraceptive: Ortho-Novum® 1/35 intervention 2: Oral Contraceptive: Ovcon Fe®
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None intervention 2: None

Protocol document: