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The women who discontinued for personal reasons (31%) and desire for other
methods (17.3%) were interviewed at their homes to break down these two
categories. As can be seen in Table 3, 20% of all participants changed their
address and it represents an important factor in the population included in the
trial. It was also observed that 2.8% of the women who discontinued preferred
to change to tubal occlusion. Another 7.9% of participants gave other not
codified personal reasons as a secondary reason for discontinuation. The
continuation rate at 1 year was 26.1%. This figure, although it appears lower
than those previously reported from phase III studies, is comparable to the
continuation rates obtained for other hormonal contraceptives in various
studies carried out by the Mexican Ministry of Health
. Only one doubtful pregnancy occurred during the study demonstrating that
Cyclofem is indeed highly effective. Overall, the results of this trial demonstrate
that Cyclofem is a highly effective combination once-amonth injectable
contraceptive with fewer side effects than other injectable hormonal methods.
Cyclofem can be used as an alternative to fertility regulation in Mexican
women.
Las mujeres que interrumpieron por razones personales (31%) y el deseo por
otros mtodos (17,3%) fueron entrevistadas en sus hogares para desglosar
estas dos categoras. Como puede verse en la Tabla 3, el 20% de todos los
participantes cambi de domicilio y representa un factor importante en la
poblacin incluida en el ensayo. Tambin se observ que el 2,8% de las
mujeres que descontinuaron preferan cambiar a la oclusin tubrica. Otro
7,9% de los participantes dio otras razones personales no codificadas como
una razn secundaria para la interrupcin. La tasa de continuacin a 1 ao fue
del 26,1%. Esta cifra, si bien parece inferior a la reportada anteriormente en
los estudios de fase III, es comparable a las tasas de continuidad obtenidas
para otros anticonceptivos hormonales en diversos estudios realizados por el
Ministerio de Salud de Mxico