Randomized Trial of Home Versus Clinic-Based STD Testing

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)200 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SCREENING

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Chlamydia Gonorrhea

Interventions

Home ScreeningBEHAVIORAL

Home-based STD screening using self-obtained urine samples and study paid postal return of samples.

Clinic ScreeningBEHAVIORAL

Clinic-based STD screening using self-obtained urine samples in a local university clinical setting.

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 45 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Men * Ages 18-45 * Residing in St. Louis City or County * English-speaking Exclusion Criteria: \-

Locations (1)

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of men who complete testing in each study arm

Time frame: 12 weeks after enrollment

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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