Sexually Transmitted Infections Among African American Women Who Have Sex With Women

Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Sexually Transmitted Infections Among African American Women Who Have Sex With Women

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01546714
• Other study ID #: ASTDA WSHP
• Secondary ID: American STD Ass
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 2, 2012
• Last updated: February 6, 2017
• Start date: August 2011
• Est. completion date: October 2013

Study information

• Verified date: February 2017
• Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among African American women who have sex with women (AAWSW). In addition, the study is interested in better understanding the types of risk behaviors that place AAWSW at risk for STIs. The investigators hypothesis is that AAWSW experience high rates of STIs, similar to heterosexual African American women. Knowledge gained from this study will guide development of interventions to reduce women's risk for these types of infections and will improve how AAWSW are screened for STIs.

Description:

The objectives of this study are (1) To determine the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, Chlamydia, gonorrhea, Mycoplasma genitalium, HIV, genital herpes, and syphilis and associated risk behaviors in a cohort of African American women who have sex with women (AAWSW) in Birmingham, Alabama; (2) To compare exclusive AAWSW (during the past 12 months) to African American women who have sex with women and men (AAWSWM) in terms of socio-demographic characteristics, sexual risk behavior characteristics, and STI prevalence; and(3) To perform an exploratory prospective study of an age-matched (± 2 years) sub-group of exclusive AAWSW and AAWSWM over a 12 month time period to obtain data on differences in STI risk behaviors and STI incidence rates.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 165
• Est. completion date: October 2013
• Est. primary completion date: October 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 16 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female gender, self-identification as African American

• Age of 16 years or older, self report of sexual contact (oral, vaginal, or anal) with another female within the past 12 months

• English speaking

• The ability to give written informed consent.

• For the sub-groups of women being followed prospectively, they have to have at least one active female sexual partner (AAWSW group) or at least one active female and male sexual partner (AAWSWM group) at the time of enrollment into the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or nursing and the inability or unwillingness to give written informed consent.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Communicable Diseases
• Infection
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Sexually Transmitted Infections

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Jefferson County Health Department	Birmingham	Alabama
United States	UAB Personal Health Clinic	Birmingham	Alabama

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Harvard University, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (12)

Agénor M, Austin SB, Kort D, Austin EL, Muzny CA. Sexual Orientation and Sexual and Reproductive Health among African American Sexual Minority Women in the U.S. South. Womens Health Issues. 2016 Nov - Dec;26(6):612-621. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2016.07.004. — View Citation

Austin EL, Lindley LL, Mena LA, Crosby RA, Muzny CA. Families of choice and noncollegiate sororities and fraternities among lesbian and bisexual African-American women in a southern community: implications for sexual and reproductive health research. Sex Health. 2014 Mar;11(1):24-30. doi: 10.1071/SH13145. — View Citation

Cornelius DC, Robinson DA, Muzny CA, Mena LA, Aanensen DM, Lushbaugh WB, Meade JC. Genetic characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis isolates by use of multilocus sequence typing. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Oct;50(10):3293-300. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00643-12. — View Citation

Muzny CA, Austin EL, Harbison HS, Hook EW 3rd. Sexual partnership characteristics of African American women who have sex with women; impact on sexually transmitted infection risk. Sex Transm Dis. 2014 Oct;41(10):611-7. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000194. — View Citation

Muzny CA, Harbison HS, Pembleton ES, Austin EL. Sexual behaviors, perception of sexually transmitted infection risk, and practice of safe sex among southern African American women who have sex with women. Sex Transm Dis. 2013 May;40(5):395-400. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31828caf34. — View Citation

Muzny CA, Harbison HS, Pembleton ES, Hook EW, Austin EL. Misperceptions regarding protective barrier method use for safer sex among African-American women who have sex with women. Sex Health. 2013 May;10(2):138-41. doi: 10.1071/SH12106. — View Citation

Muzny CA, Kapil R, Austin EL, Brown L, Hook EW 3rd, Geisler WM. Chlamydia trachomatis infection in African American women who exclusively have sex with women. Int J STD AIDS. 2016 Oct;27(11):978-83. doi: 10.1177/0956462415604092. — View Citation

Muzny CA, Kapil R, Austin EL, Hook EW, Geisler WM. Lower sexually transmissible infection prevalence among lifetime exclusive women who have sex with women compared with women who have sex with women and men. Sex Health. 2014 Dec;11(6):592-3. doi: 10.1071 — View Citation

Muzny CA, Rivers CA, Mena LA, Schwebke JR. Genotypic characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis isolates among women who have sex with women in sexual partnerships. Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Jul;39(7):556-8. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31824f1c49. — View Citation

Muzny CA, Rivers CA, Parker CJ, Mena LA, Austin EL, Schwebke JR. Lack of evidence for sexual transmission of genital Candida species among women who have sex with women: a mixed methods study. Sex Transm Infect. 2014 Mar;90(2):165-70. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051361. — View Citation

Muzny CA, Sunesara IR, Austin EL, Mena LA, Schwebke JR. Bacterial vaginosis among African American women who have sex with women. Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Sep;40(9):751-5. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000004. — View Citation

Muzny CA, Sunesara IR, Martin DH, Mena LA. Sexually transmitted infections and risk behaviors among African American women who have sex with women: does sex with men make a difference? Sex Transm Dis. 2011 Dec;38(12):1118-25. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31822e6179. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnosis		1 year