ContrAceptive Research on E4 – Health Effects on eveRyday wellbeing (CARE4HER): A post-authorisation, observational, single-arm, open-label study to evaluate health-related quality of life using the Sociedad Española de Contracepción Quality of Life Questionnaire in women prescribed estetrol (14.2 mg)/ drospirenone (3 mg) for contraception.

Study type

• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Other
• If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study:
  Health related quality of life

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Cohort

Study drug and medical condition

• Study drug International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name:
  DROSPIRENONE

  ESTETROL

Population studied

• Age groups:
  • Paediatric Population (< 18 years)

    • Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)
  • Adult and elderly population (≥18 years)

    • Adults (18 to < 65 years)

      • Adults (18 to < 46 years)
• Estimated number of subjects:
  800

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  To assess in users of E4/DRSP the change from baseline scores at 3- and 6-months in the menstrual and breast domains of the SEC-QoL Questionnaire.
• Outcomes:
  o Change from baseline in the 3-item standardised SEC-QoL questionnaire breast domain score after 3 and 6 months. o Change from baseline in the 4-item standardised SEC-QoL questionnaire menstrual domain score after 3 and 6 months. o Change from baseline in individual SEC-QoL questionnaire standardised item scores after 3 and 6 months o Change from baseline in the overall 19-item standardised SEC-QoL questionnaire score after 3 and 6 months o Assess contraceptive efficacy using the Pearl Index o Proportion of self-reported adherent cycles among all participants o Change from baseline in body weight after 3 and 6 months
• Data analysis plan:
  Scores for the SEC-QoL questionnaire overall and for each domain and the change from baseline in standardised scores will be reported at baseline, the 3-month, and the 6-month follow-up time point summarised by mean, SD, median, first quartile, third quartile, minimum, and maximum. Repeated measures mixed model will be used to formally assess change from baseline to 6 months for each domain using post hoc analyses while adjusting for multiple comparisons (Bonferroni method).