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Filter by:There is evidence to suggest that lidocaine can help reduce the pain associated with intramuscular injections of benzathine penicillin G (BPG) or Bicillin, used to treat syphilis infections. A study published in the Journal of Family Practice in 2001 compared the pain experienced during bicillin injections with and without the use of lidocaine. The study found that patients who received lidocaine injections before receiving bicillin reported significantly less pain compared to those who received bicillin injections without lidocaine. Per the International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) European Guidelines for syphilis management, lidocaine has been used as a diluent for BPG since 1998. In the United States (US), BPG often comes prepackaged and lidocaine is unable to be used as a diluent with the same ease as it is in Europe. In light of this, we propose a randomized controlled trial of benzathine penicillin G with and without lidocaine to quantify any site pain reduction with lidocaine in patients being treated for syphilis. This study is a randomized, double blinded, placebo controlled trial. During this study, patients needing BPG treatment for syphilis will be screened for any penicillin allergies and consented to their participation. Each participant will receive 2 injections of BPG, 1.2 million units each (2x1.2 million units = 2.4 million units, the standard dose for syphilis treatment), as intramuscular injections, one in each gluteal muscle, with one of the injections randomly having 0.5ml of 1% lidocaine added while the other has 0.5 ml normal saline solution. The side of each injection will be randomized by the medical assistant (MA)/nurse filling the vials and the injecting MA will be blinded, as well as the study participant, as to which vial contains lidocaine and which contains normal saline. The participants will then be asked to rate their pain from 0-10 on each site of injection at 10 minutes post injection, then again at 24 hours after injection via email electronic survey (via RedCap). The differences in pain from the two injections will be compared and analyzed to see if lidocaine reduces pain associated with BPG injections compared to the control of normal saline added to BPG.
Capillary blood sample results are compared to venous blood results
Project FEDE-ITS will improve the STI knowledge and its treatment, of adolescents in the 1st and 2nd year of compulsory secondary education in the intervention group compared to compared to the control group, and will modify the sexual risk practices and the perception of risky practices of alcohol and other drug use during sex of participants in the intervention group compared to the control group.
To Demonstrate Clinical Performance of the TriQuik Invitro Diagnostic Device
2.1 Primary Study Hypothesis In sub-Saharan Africa, between 2.5-17% of pregnant women are infected with syphilis [1]. It is estimated that 53-82% of women with untreated syphilis had adverse outcomes compared to only 10-21% of uninfected women[2]. The investigators and others have shown that syphilis screening integrated into an HIV antenatal clinic with prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) is highly accepted with excellent uptake. Unfortunately, the minority of male partners come in for testing and treatment (1%-27%) which has important implications for the roll-out of rapid syphilis testing and the inability to detect reinfection with treponemal antibody test as the test will remain positive despite treatment. The investigators hypothesize that sending an SMS reminder or a telephone call reminder by a health care worker will be more effective than a standard notification slip given to women to bring male partners to antennal clinic for testing and treatment.