Does ?Accelerated Partner Therapy" ( two new models of care which emphasise rapid treatment and which will be different from traditional clinic-based methods) reduce delays in the assessment and treatment of sexual partners of people with bacterial sexually transmitted infections

Can ?Accelerated Partner Therapy? (APT) improve outcomes of partner notification? A feasibility study and exploratory trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN27312734

Enrollment

300

Registered

2012-07-30

Start date

2007-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Topic: Infection

Interventions

APT Hotline: Index diagnosed, treated & given APT PIN 1. Sex partner calls APT hotline for telephone consultation with clinic Health adviser/Nurse practitioner 2. Index takes or Sex partner co

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Index patients who are 16 years and older 2. Have tested positive for Chlamydia and/or Gonorrhoea (men and women) 3. Men who have been diagnosed with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) and have at least one contactable partner

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Will be determined by a suitabily qualified health professional are: 1. Pregnancy 2. Symptoms of complicated infection, allergy or contraindications to Azithromycin and or Cefixime 3. Inability to read English 4. An inability to understand instructions and give consent 5. Co-existent infection with syphilis and/or HIV as these cases require different investigation and management

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Proportion of index patients having at least one partner treated 4-6 weeks after intial diagnosis	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Proportion of regular partners treated 2. Number of contacts treated per index patient	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026