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Article: Study shows Avanti breaks more than latex condoms: despite failures, pregnancy rates are favorable.
- Article from:
- AIDS Alert
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
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A large clinical efficacy study of the first approved polyurethane condom found that Avanti failed more than the latex control condom, but showed similar protection against pregnancy. Faced with those seemingly conflicting results, the Food and Drug Administration must now decide what type of labeling it will allow on the polyurethane condom.
Although the study was completed in March, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has not publicized the results. The contractor for the study, the California Family Planning Council in Los Angeles, has submitted the study for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and is reluctant to discuss ...