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Table 1 Overview of FemCure study time points at inclusion (pre-treatment) and during follow-up until 12 weeks post-treatment

From: Design of the FemCure study: prospective multicentre study on the transmission of genital and extra-genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women receiving routine care

 

Pre-treatment

Week 1

Week 2

Week 4

Week 6

Week 8

Week 10

Week 12

 

T0 (inclusion)

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

T7

Location

Clinic

Home

Home

Clinic

Home

Clinic

Home

Clinic

Number of anorectal samples collected per womana

2

1

1

2

1

2

1

2

Number of genital samples collected per womana

2

1

1

2

1

2

1

2

Number of pharyngeal swabs collected per womanb

2

  

1

 

1

 

1

NAAT on self-collected swabs

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Viability testing on self-collected swabs

X

  

X

 

X

 

X

Chlamydia organism load, MLSTc and semen biomarkerc testing on self collected swabs

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

(Online) short questionnaire

X

Xd

X

X

X

X

X

X

  1. aSelf-collected swabs
  2. bNurse taken swabs; stored for later testing
  3. cIn subset only
  4. dAssessing treatment compliance and sexual behavior (in short) at week 1. At the other weeks, detailed self-reported sexual behaviors and symptoms are assessed