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Association of Risk for Venous Thromboembolism With Use of Low-Dose Extended- and Continuous-Cycle Combined Oral Contraceptives: A Safety Study Using the Sentinel Distributed Database

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    Medical Product
    combined oral contraceptive (COC)
    Health Outcome(s)
    venous thromboembolism (VTE)
    Description

    Continuous/extended cyclic estrogen use (84/7 or 365/0 days cycles) in combined oral contraceptives (COCs) could potentially expose women to an increased cumulative dose of estrogen, compared with traditional cyclic regimens (21/7 days cycle), and may increase the risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). This publication sought to determine, while holding the progestogen type constant, whether the risk for VTE is higher with use of continuous/extended COCs than with cyclic COCs among women who initiated a COC containing ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel.

    Author(s)

    Jie Li, Genna Panucci, David Moeny, Wei Liu, Judith C. Maro, Sengwee Toh, Ting-Ying Huang