Clinical Trial: Improving Maternal and Child Health Through Point-of-care STI Testing

U.S., Dec. 19 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07290439) titled 'Improving Maternal and Child Health Through Point-of-care STI Testing' on Dec. 15.

Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if point-of-care tests (POCTs) for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) improve the timely treatment of syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomonas in pregnant women. It will also learn about the feasibility, acceptability, and cost-effectiveness of implementing POCTs in a large safety-net hospital setting.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Do POCTs reduce delays in STI treatment compared with standard laboratory-based testing?

* What barriers, facilitators, and processes af...