Home-sampling in Partner Notification of Chlamydia

Though partner notification is mandatory to perform of Chlamydia trachomatis infected individuals in Sweden, there was a 10-15% annually increase of reported cases between 1997 and 2007 indicating that partner notification may not be effective in preventing transmission. The investigators wanted to determine whether there was any difference in time between home-sampling and clinical testing as a tool of partner notification measured from eliciting of partners to date of testing.

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Key information

Conditions

Chlamydia Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Chlamydia Infections Chlamydiaceae Infections Communicable Diseases Genital Diseases Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial Urogenital Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

R&D department of Local Health Care

Linköping, 581 85, Sweden

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Sexual Partners to chlamydia infected index patients accepting to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Index patients not living in Sweden or not speaking Swedish.

MSM.
Sexual partners living in another county or abroad.

Treatment and study plan

Contact tracing mode test at clinic

Behavioral

Self-sampling at home - Sent Test Kit

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

Difference in time, measured as days from the meeting between the index patient and the counsellor (i.e. the eliciting of sexually partners) until the date of C. trachomatis testing of partners

Time frame: 60 days or more were defined as an exclusion criterion

Difference in time, measured as days from the meeting between the index patient and the counsellor (i.e. the eliciting of sexually partners) until the date of C. trachomatis testing of partners, if sexual partners had attended a clinic for testing or had the opportunity of home-sampling.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ostergotland County Council, Sweden

Other

Collaborators

Medical Research Council of Southeast Sweden

Registry information

Official study title

Home-sampling as a Tool in a Chlamydia Trachomatis Partner Notification Context. A Multi-centre Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial.

Important dates

Study start: 2006
Primary completion: 2011
Study completion: 2011
First posted: May 11, 2012
Registry last updated: May 11, 2012

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