Study identification

PURI

https://redirect.ema.europa.eu/resource/29837

EU PAS number

EUPAS9818

Study ID

29837

Official title and acronym

EURopean Active Surveillance study - Comparing Regimens of Administration in combined hormonal contraception (EURAS - CORA)

DARWIN EU® study

No

Study countries

Austria
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Spain

Study description

Lisvy (FC Patch Low) is a transdermal contraceptive patch releasing 60mcg gestodene/24 hours and 13 mcg ethinyl estradiol/24 hours. FC Patch Low is applied once a week for three consecutive weeks followed by a break of one week (21/7). One patch contains 2.1mg gestodene and 0.55mg ethinyl estradiol. The most relevant adverse clinical outcomes that have been linked to the use of COCs is venous thromboembolism (VTE). EURAS-CORA is a large, prospective, controlled, long-term active surveillance study to investigate the safety of FC Patch Low with regard to venous thromboembolism, arterial thromboembolism, cancer, long and short term fertility and pregnancy outcomes and application site reactions. The study follows the EURAS design methodology with some modifications due to country and product-specific characteristics. EURAS-CORA was suspended on 17th October 2016. FC Patch Low was withdrawn from the market. Under certain conditions the stability tests showed out of specification results. Data from in vitro dissolution tests showed altered dissolution profile for the gestodene component. Furthermore, visually observable quality defect of crystallization due to the progesterone component (gestodene) had been detected. The clinical relevance of the quality issue was not proven. Based on the company’s safety database, no increase in the frequency of reported adverse events or in the number of unwanted pregnancies were observed in association with the quality issue of the patch. The Pearl Index calculated based on this post-marketing data and taking into account the possible under-reporting (Pearl Index: 0.50) was considerably lower than the Pearl Index based on the data from clinical trials (Pearl Index: 1.19). The market authorization of the product was withdrawn in all European countries between May 2018 and January 2019. The EURAS-CORA study closed on 22nd May 2019.

Study status

Finalised
Research institutions and networks

Institutions

Contact details

Klaas Heinemann

Primary lead investigator
Study timelines

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Sources of funding
Pharmaceutical company and other private sector 

More details on funding

Gedeon Richter
Study protocol
Initial protocol

EURAS-CORA_Study Protocol_ENCePP Submission

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Regulatory

Was the study required by a regulatory body?

Yes

Is the study required by a Risk Management Plan (RMP)?

EU RMP category 1 (imposed as condition of marketing authorisation)