Imperial College London
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Dr Rachel Phillips

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 8802r.phillips

 
 
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Stadium HouseWhite City Campus

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Kerry-Barnard:2018:10.1186/s13063-018-2674-8,
author = {Kerry-Barnard, S and Fleming, C and Reid, F and Phillips, R and Drennan, VM and Adams, EJ and Majewska, W and Balendra, A and Harding-Esch, E and Cousins, E and Tariq, Sadiq S and Oakeshott, P},
doi = {10.1186/s13063-018-2674-8},
journal = {Trials},
title = {'Test n Treat (TnT)'- Rapid testing and same-day, on-site treatment to reduce rates of chlamydia in sexually active further education college students: study protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility trial},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2674-8},
volume = {19},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BACKGROUND: Sexually active young people attending London further education (FE) colleges have high rates of chlamydia, but screening rates are low. We will conduct a cluster randomised feasibility trial of frequent, rapid, on-site chlamydia testing and same-day treatment (Test and Treat (TnT)) in six FE colleges (with parallel qualitative and economic assessments) to assess the feasibility of conducting a future trial to investigate if TnT reduces chlamydia rates. METHODS: We will recruit 80 sexually active students aged 16-24 years from public areas at each of six colleges. All participants (total n = 480) will be asked to provide samples (urine for males, self-taken vaginal swabs for females) and complete questionnaires on sexual lifestyle and healthcare use at baseline and after 7 months. Participants will be informed that baseline samples will not be tested for 7 months and be advised to get screened separately. Colleges will be randomly allocated to the intervention (TnT) or the control group (no TnT). One and 4 months after recruitment, participants at each intervention college (n = 3) will be texted and invited for on-site chlamydia tests using the 90-min Cepheid GeneXpert system. Students with positive results will be asked to see a visiting nurse health adviser for same-day treatment and partner notification, (backed by genitourinary medicine follow-up). Participants in control colleges (n = 3) will receive 'thank you' texts 1 and 4 months after recruitment. Seven months after recruitment, participants from both groups will be invited to complete questionnaires and provide samples for TnT. All samples will be tested, and same-day treatment offered to students with positive results. Acceptability of TnT will be assessed by qualitative interviews of purposively sampled students (n = 30) and college staff (n = 12). We will collect data on costs of TnT and usual healthcare. DISCUSSION: Findi
AU  - Kerry-Barnard,S
AU  - Fleming,C
AU  - Reid,F
AU  - Phillips,R
AU  - Drennan,VM
AU  - Adams,EJ
AU  - Majewska,W
AU  - Balendra,A
AU  - Harding-Esch,E
AU  - Cousins,E
AU  - Tariq,Sadiq S
AU  - Oakeshott,P
DO  - 10.1186/s13063-018-2674-8
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1745-6215
TI  - 'Test n Treat (TnT)'- Rapid testing and same-day, on-site treatment to reduce rates of chlamydia in sexually active further education college students: study protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility trial
T2  - Trials
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2674-8
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29871673
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/74347
VL  - 19
ER  -
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