Randomized Trial of Home Versus Clinic-Based STD Testing

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Gonorrhea; Chlamydia
• Interventions: Behavioral: Clinic Screening; Behavioral: Home Screening

• Registration Number: NCT01654991
• Lead Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Brief Summary

This study randomizes St. Louis men to home-based STD screening or clinic-based STD screening. Home-based screening will be completed through the mail and clinic-based screening in a local clinical setting. We hypothesize that men randomized to home-based screening will be more likely to complete screening.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-06
• Primary Completion: 2011-12
• Study Completion: 2011-12
• Study First Submitted: 2012-07-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-07-29
• Study First Posted: 2012-08-01
• Status Verified: 2013-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-10-30
• Last Update Posted: 2013-11-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Men
• Ages 18-45
• Residing in St. Louis City or County
• English-speaking

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Clinic-Based Testing	Clinic Screening	Clinic-based STD screening using self-obtained urine samples in a local university clinical setting.
Home-Based Testing	Home Screening	Home-based STD screening using self-obtained urine samples and study paid postal return of samples.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of men who complete testing in each study arm	12 weeks after enrollment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Washington University School of Medicine; 🇺🇸 St. Louis, Missouri, United States