Conditions: Dysmenorrhea
Keywords: cyclic pelvic pain dysmenorrhea oral contraceptives
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 95
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study is being conducted to evaluate the effects of treatment with Seasonique an extended-regimen oral contraceptive that utilizes low dose ethinyl estradiol during the typical hormone-free interval. Patients will receive 13 weeks of treatment with the option to extend blinded therapy for an additional 13 weeks. The overall study duration will be 6-9 months. Patients will be required to record menstrual pain in a daily diary.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: levonorgestrel/EE 0.15/0.03 and EE 0.01 mg tablets intervention 2: Placebo tablet
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 1 tablet daily by mouth intervention 2: 1 tablet daily by mouth

Protocol document: