Rapid Diagnosis of Antibiotic Resistance in Gonorrhoea (RaDAR-Go)

University of Bern

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gonorrhoea

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02350907

25/2013

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to develop a laboratory-based assay that will be a real-time PCR test to detect the organism N. gonorrhoeae and its most important genetic markers of antimicrobial resistance. This study will also determine factors associated with gonorrhoea and describe sexual behaviours of men who have sex with men, to inform parameters for a mathematical model of gonorrhoea transmission and antimicrobial resistant gonorrhoea.

Enrollment: 261 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.

• Male or female, aged 18 years or above.

• Participant is literate in German, French, English or Hungarian.

• Participant is at risk for a N. gonorrhoeae infection. This is defined as:

  1. exhibiting signs/symptoms of a N. gonorrhoeae infection.

  2. having a sexual partner who has been diagnosed with a N. gonorrhoeae infection.

  3. participating in high-risk activities for a N. gonorrhoeae infection.

     Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject does not agree to undergo diagnostic test for gonorrhoea.