Evaluation of Safety and Effectiveness of the Essure (Model ESS505) Device to Prevent Pregnancy in Women
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01948882 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : September 24, 2013
Last Update Posted : March 10, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Contraception | Device: ESS505 (BAY1454033) | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 660 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | A Multi-Center, Multi-National Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Essure® (Model ESS505) Device to Prevent Pregnancy in Women Who Are Seeking Permanent Contraception |
Actual Study Start Date : | September 30, 2013 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 16, 2015 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | October 16, 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: ESS505
All subjects that sign the informed consent and meet the eligibility criteria will be scheduled for an implant procedure.
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Device: ESS505 (BAY1454033) |
- Number of confirmed pregnancies at 1 year among subjects told to rely on ESS505 for contraception [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Evaluated after 6000 women-months of reliance have been accumulated
- Reliance rate, defined as number of subjects told to rely on ESS505 after the Essure confirmation test divided by the number of subjects who had insert placement attempted [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Evaluated after 3000 women-months of reliance have been accumulated (expected at the same time most subjects with implants have completed their 3 month follow-up visit)
- Number of confirmed pregnancies at 10 years among subjects told to rely on ESS505 for contraception [ Time Frame: 10 years ]
- Safety of the ESS505 placement procedure defined as number of subjects who experience an AE assessed as related to the ESS505 placement procedure divided by the number of subjects in who at least one ESS505 was introduced into the fallopian tube [ Time Frame: On day of placement procedure ]
- Safety of subsequent wearing of the insert defined as number of subjects who experience an AE assessed as related to wearing of ESS505 divided by the number of subjects in whom the presence of an AE could be assessed [ Time Frame: Up to 10 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 21 Years to 44 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female, 21 to 44 years of age, inclusive
- Body weight within range of 90-300 lbs (40 - 136 kg)
- Sexually active (minimum of 4 coital acts per cycle)
- Willing to accept the risk of pregnancy while relying solely on the inserts for contraception
- Medical history indicates bilateral viable and patent fallopian tubes
- Agrees to fulfill local requirements for counseling and consent to contraception and sterilization, including any required waiting periods
Exclusion Criteria:
- Post-menopausal woman
- Suspected or confirmed pregnancy
- Post-partum or pregnancy termination ≤6 weeks of scheduled insert placement
- Past fallopian tube sterilization procedure and/or total or partial salpingectomies
- Diagnosis of any of the following: tubal, endometrial, or myometrial pathology (which may prevent fallopian tube ostia access), proximal tubal occlusion in either fallopian tube, unicornuate uterus, active or recent upper or lower pelvic infection, gynecologic malignancy
- Currently taking corticosteroids
- Known allergy to all contrast media available for use in hysterosalpingogram
- Scheduled to undergo concomitant intrauterine procedures at the time of insert placement (intrauterine device removal is not considered a concomitant procedure)
- Any general health condition or systemic disease that may represent, in the opinion of the physician, a potential increased risk associated with device use or pregnancy

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01948882
United States, Colorado | |
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80012 | |
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045 | |
United States, Florida | |
Boynton Beach, Florida, United States, 33472-2952 | |
United States, Illinois | |
Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States, 60004 | |
United States, Indiana | |
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, 46825 | |
Newburgh, Indiana, United States, 47630 | |
United States, Michigan | |
Saginaw, Michigan, United States, 48604 | |
United States, Minnesota | |
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905 | |
United States, New York | |
Bronx, New York, United States, 10467 | |
New York, New York, United States, 10019 | |
United States, North Carolina | |
Asheville, North Carolina, United States, 28801 | |
United States, Ohio | |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45231 | |
United States, Texas | |
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75208 | |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77074 | |
Irving, Texas, United States, 75062 | |
United States, Virginia | |
Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507 | |
United States, Washington | |
Spokane, Washington, United States, 99204 | |
Canada, Ontario | |
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5 | |
Canada, Saskatchewan | |
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4S 6X3 | |
Netherlands | |
Zwolle, Netherlands, 8025 AB | |
Spain | |
L'Hospitalet de llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 08906 | |
Córdoba, Spain, 14004 |
Study Director: | Bayer Study Director | Bayer |
Responsible Party: | Bayer |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01948882 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
16973 |
First Posted: | September 24, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 10, 2023 |
Last Verified: | March 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Plan Description: | Availability of this study's data will later be determined according to Bayer's commitment to the EFPIA/PhRMA "Principles for responsible clinical trial data sharing". This pertains to scope, timepoint and process of data access. As such, Bayer commits to sharing upon request from qualified researchers patient-level clinical trial data, study-level clinical trial data, and protocols from clinical trials in patients for medicines and indications approved in the US and EU as necessary for conducting legitimate research. This applies to data on new medicines and indications that have been approved by the EU and US regulatory agencies on or after January 01, 2014. Interested researchers can use www.vivli.org to request access to anonymized patient-level data and supporting documents from clinical studies to conduct research. Information on the Bayer criteria for listing studies and other relevant information is provided in the member section of the portal. |
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