Accelerated Partner Therapy (APT) Research Study
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Accelerated Partner Therapy (APT) Research Study
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| Can Accelerated Partner Therapy (APT) improve outcomes of partner notification? You are being invited to take part in this research study. Before you decide, it is important for you to understand why the research is being done and what it will involve. Please take time to read the following information carefully and discuss it with others if you wish. Ask us if there is anything that is not clear or if you would like more information. Take time to decide whether or not you wish to take part. Thank you for reading this. Scroll down, or click on these questions for more information:
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| What
is the purpose of the study? In an earlier part of this research
we asked clinic attenders, staff & other health care providers for
their opinions on this. Using this information we were able to design
two new ways of getting sexual partners of people with an STI assessed
and treated quickly. We call these two new methods: Accelerated
Partner Therapy (APT). We now need to see whether these methods
will work on a larger scale in the clinics by offering them to all patients
with chlamydia, gonorrhoea and or non-specific urethritis (NSU) as part
of a research study, which we are calling the APT Study Trial. We need
to understand whether patients and their sexual partners find them acceptable
and whether using these methods makes it easier for partners to get
treated. These methods could include the possibility of giving patients
testing kits for their partners, supplying tablets or a prescription
for a local chemist, and or a telephone assessment by a clinic health
care professional. If APT is successful it could lead to lower rates
of STIs in the community. |
Why have
I been chosen? We are asking all patients with a new diagnosis of chlamydia, gonorrhoea and or non-specific urethritis (NSU) to take part in the APT study. |
What will happen to me
if I take part in the research? As part of this research study we are able to offer you one of the two new ways of APT, either a telephone consultation with a clinic nurse or health advisor using the study hotline number and then if it is safe for you to receive treatment this way, you can then collect your treatment pack from a local chemist or genitourinary medicine clinic or a consultation and treatment with the pharmacist in a local pharmacy. The pharmacist will speak to you in a private room, check that it is safe for you to receive treatment and give you the treatment pack there and then. There are testing kits in the treatment packs we give you and if you want to you can provide a urine sample at home and send the kit back to us so that you can be tested for chlamydia and gonorrhoea. With your permission we will telephone
you in four to six weeks after you have been treated and check how you
got on with your treatment. This will help us to compare the results
from the different methods of contacting sexual partners to see which
works best. |
What are the possible
benefits and disadvantages of taking part? |
Do I have to take part? No. It is up to you to decide whether or not to take part. Deciding not to take part will make no difference to the standard of care you receive. You will simply be asked to attend clinic for routine assessment and treatment. |
What
will happen to the information? We will look at how people like you give us when we telephone you after your treatment to see how you felt about that method of getting treated. This information will help us plan services better and let us know whether APT should be used routinely in all clinics across the UK. |
What
will happen to the results of the research study?
The results of the study, which
will take two and a half years to complete, will be written up and published
in a medical journal. You will not be identified in any way. We will
also publish the results on the study website: www.aptresearch.co.uk
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Who
is organising and funding the research? The Medical Research Council (MRC) have funded the Centre for Infectious Disease, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry to undertake the study. Dr Claudia Estcourt has overall responsibility. |
Who has reviewed the study? This study has been granted ethics approval by
the Norfolk Research Ethics Committee. |
What if I’ve got any questions or if I am concerned about any aspect of the study? You can ring Lorna Sutcliffe, research manger,
or Dr Claudia Estcourt on 020 7882 2316. They will ring you back.
Or you can email
them your question. |
| Contact
Details and Opening Hours
of APT Pharmacies
(Barts) *Please phone the pharmacy before you leave home to check your pharmacist is available* |
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| Niemans Dispensing
Chemist 509 London Central Market Farringdon Road London EC1A 9AL Show Map Telephone: 020 7253 8168 |
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| Greenlight pharmacy 51 Exmouth Market London EC1R 4QL Show Map Telephone: 020 7837 9494 |
Opening hours of Greenlight
Pharmacy Mon....... 9am-6pm Tues...... 9am-6pm Wed...... 9am-6pm Thur....... 9am-6pm Fri.......... 9am-6pm Sat........ 10am-4:30pm Sun....... Closed |
Portmans Pharmacy |
Opening hours of Portmans
Pharmacy Mon....... 9am-6:30pm Tues...... 9am-6:30pm Wed...... 9am-6:30pm Thur....... 9am-6:30pm Fri.......... 9am-6:30pm Sat..........9am-5pm Sun....... Closed |
| Opening
Hours and Contact Details of APT Pharmacies (Bristol) *Please phone the pharmacy before you leave home to check your pharmacist is available* |
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| The Old School Pharmacy Manor Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 2JD Show Map Telephone: 0117 9651114 |
Opening hours of The Old School Pharmacy Mon.......
9am-1pm and 2-6pm |
| Superdrug 39-43 Broadmead Bristol BS1 3EU Show Map Telephone: 0117 9294375 |
Opening hours of Superdrug Mon.......
8:30am-1:30pm and 2:30-5:30pm |
| Lloyds The Bedminster Fam Pract Regent Road Bedminster Bristol BS3 4AT Show Map Telephone: 0117 963 9468 |
Opening hours of Lloyds Mon.......
8am-10:30pm |
| Hotline opening hours: Barts Sexual Health Clinic |
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| Web Links to APT GUM clinics |
| Barts
Sexual Health Centre Getting to Barts - travel advice and directions |
| Links to patient information Click the below links for information on - |
| Drug Information Leaflets Click here for information on Azithromycin Click
here for information Cefixime |