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Contraceptive Clinical Trials Network (CCTN)

Couple huggingThe CCTN has been in existence since 1996. It originally consisted of nine centers for female contraceptive research, as well as a Statistical and Clinical Coordinating Center. The CCTN utilizes the Contraception and Reproductive Health Branch Scientific Advisory Committee, which is composed of outside experts in the fields of basic and clinical contraceptive research, pharmacology, and epidemiology. The CCTN contract was recently recompeted, and there are now 12 sites for female contraceptive research, and two sites for male contraceptive research. The clinical field centers were selected on the basis of their capacity to carry out Phase I, II, and III trials of oral, injectable, implantable, or topical contraceptive drugs and contraceptive devices. Each research site has, at a minimum, a qualified obstetrician/gynecologist (for the female-focused sites), or an andrologist/urologist (for the male-focused sites), as well as a study coordinator, data/research manager, and access to clinical facilities capable of recruiting subjects for Phase I and II trials, at both male- or female-focused sites, and for Phase III trials at the female-focused sites.