Comparing Specimen Collection Techniques to Screen for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Pregnant Women: A Pilot Study
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03877263. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
Data is sourced from official ClinicalTrials.gov public API records. Always review the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for the latest information.
Brief summary
Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.
The purpose of this research study is to compare two specimen collection techniques (vaginal vs. endocervical swab) to screen for sexually transmitted infections in pregnant women. Either a physician or the patient may collect the vaginal specimen; the physician will collect the endocervical specimen during a standard-of-care pelvic exam. Each technique utilizes a specialized swab for specimen collection. We will used the Hologic Aptima C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae detection assay to analyze both specimens. We hypothesize that the results from the physician-collected vaginal specimen will have equivalent outcomes those from the physician-collected endocervical specimen. If the techniques are equivalent for detecting infection, there may be an opportunity for cost saving and increased patient satisfaction with the vaginal technique, especially using patient-collected vaginal specimen collection.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03877263
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 17 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Endocervical swab for detection of STI Diagnostic Test
- Vaginal swab for detection of STI Diagnostic Test
Diagnostic Test
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 16 Years and older
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 11, 2019
- Primary completion
- Sep 26, 2019
- Completion
- Sep 26, 2019
- Last update posted
- Feb 4, 2021
2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OhioHealth Doctors Hospital | Columbus | Ohio | 43228 | — |
Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.
About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03877263, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
- Where the data comes from
- Sourced from the official ClinicalTrials.gov public API. The official record is the source of truth.
- Last refresh
- Last update posted Feb 4, 2021 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
Related: full search, browse by condition, browse by drug or therapy, browse by sponsor, browse by U.S. city.
Open the official record
The complete protocol, eligibility criteria, and contact information for NCT03877263 live on ClinicalTrials.gov.