Leveraging Technology as a Clinician Extender to Screen Culturally Diverse Young Women for Chlamydia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01140022 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: June 9, 2010
Last Update Posted
: October 3, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Chlamydia Screening | Other: CT Screening |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 346 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Leveraging Technology as a Clinician Extender to Screen Culturally Diverse Young Women for Chlamydia |
Study Start Date : | September 2007 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 2012 |

Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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Female Patients 18-25 yo
Female patients aged 18-25 who have come to one of the ED or urgent care sites for care, regardless of the presence of CT symptoms.
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Other: CT Screening
Patients will use a kiosk module that will provide information about CT screening and assess their risk for CT. Patients choosing to get a CT screening will receive a printout instructing the provider or nurse to collect a urine sample for CT screening.
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- Proportion of female patients 18-25yo receiving CT screening during ED or UC visit. [ Time Frame: one year prior to the patient's clinic or ED visit. ]
- Acceptability of module and intervention among patients and staff. [ Time Frame: one year prior to the patient's clinic or ED visit. ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 25 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- English or Spanish speaking
- Medically Stable
- Sexually active
- Female
- 18-25 years old
- Seeking health services in participating urgent care clinics and ED in San Francisco/Bay Area, California.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clients who do not speak English or Spanish will not be eligible to participate.
- Males of any age because there is no CDC recommendation to universally screen this group.
- Women who have never had sexual intercourse are not eligible as this is a study of how to increase screening for chlamydia, a sexually transmitted infection.
- For Kiosk, clients with moderate and major trauma or illness requiring immediate medical intervention, as assessed by triage nurse as part of routine protocol, will be excluded from participation.
- Anyone who chooses not to participate (as this is voluntary) will be excluded from participation.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01140022
United States, California | |
CMC Fresno Emergency Department | |
Fresno, California, United States, 93701 | |
Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Hospital | |
Oakland, California, United States, 94602 | |
San Francisco General Hospital - Emergency Department | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94110 | |
San Francisco General Hospital, Urgent Care | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94110 | |
UCSF Emergency Deparmtent | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94143 | |
UCSF Screening and Acute Care Clinic | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94143 |
Principal Investigator: | Mary-Ann Shafer, MD | University of California, San Francisco |
Responsible Party: | University of California, San Francisco |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01140022 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
H1095-31344 |
First Posted: | June 9, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 3, 2014 |
Last Verified: | October 2014 |
Keywords provided by University of California, San Francisco:
Chlamydia, Screening, young women, kiosk, computer module |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Chlamydia Infections Chlamydiaceae Infections Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Infection Genital Diseases, Male Genital Diseases, Female |