Key references: Tailored regimens of combined hormonal contraception

  • Contraception: an Australian clinical practice handbook. 4th ed. Ashfield, New South Wales: Family Planning New South Wales, Family Planning Victoria, and True Relationships and Reproductive Health; 2016.
  • Christin-Maitre S, Serfaty D, Chabbert-Buffet N, Ochsenbein E, Chassard D, Thomas JL. Comparison of a 24-day and a 21-day pill regimen for the novel combined oral contraceptive, nomegestrol acetate and 17beta-estradiol (NOMAC/E2): a double-blind, randomized study. Hum Reprod 2011;26(6):1338–47. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21421664
  • Dinger J, Minh TD, Buttmann N, Bardenheuer K. Effectiveness of oral contraceptive pills in a large U.S. cohort comparing progestogen and regimen. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(1):33–40. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21213475
  • Duijkers IJM, Heger-Mahn D, Drouin D, Colli E, Skouby S. Maintenance of ovulation inhibition with a new progestogen-only pill containing drospirenone after scheduled 24-h delays in pill intake. Contraception 2016;93(4):303–9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26708301
  • Graziottin A. The shorter, the better: A review of the evidence for a shorter contraceptive hormone-free interval. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care 2016;21(2):93–105. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26291185
  • Klipping C, Duijkers I, Trummer D, Marr J. Suppression of ovarian activity with a drospirenone-containing oral contraceptive in a 24/4 regimen. Contraception 2008;78(1):16–25. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18555813
  • Nappi RE, Kaunitz AM, Bitzer J. Extended regimen combined oral contraception: A review of evolving concepts and acceptance by women and clinicians. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care 2016;21(2):106–15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26572318
  • Weisberg E, Merki-Feld GS, McGeechan K, Fraser IS. Randomized comparison of bleeding patterns in women using a combined contraceptive vaginal ring or a low-dose combined oral contraceptive on a menstrually signaled regimen. Contraception 2015;91(2):121–6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25459098