Accelerated partner therapy (APT) partner notification for people with <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i>: protocol for the Limiting Undetected Sexually Transmitted infections to RedUce Morbidity (LUSTRUM) APT cross-over cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Partner notification (PN) is a process aiming to identify, test and treat the sex partners of people (index patients) with sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Accelerated partner therapy (APT) is a PN method whereby healthcare professionals assess sex partners, by telephone consultation, before giving the index patient antibiotics and STI self-sampling kits to deliver to their sex partner(s). The Limiting Undetected Sexually Transmitted infections to RedUce Morbidity programme aims to determine the effectiveness of APT in heterosexual women and men with chlamydia and determine whether APT could affect Chlamydia trachomatis transmission at population level.

Methods and analysis

This protocol describes a cross-over cluster randomised controlled trial of

SUBMITTER: Estcourt CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170609 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature