Oropharyngeal gonorrhoea study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Prospective study to investigate Roche cobas 4800 CT/NG Test Neisseria gonorrhoeae positive oropharyngeal samples that do not confirm with alternative in-house and commercial PCR assays
IRAS ID
191473
Contact name
Michael Perry
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
This study will investigate throat swab samples that are gonorrhoea positive by an initial test but negative in a confirmatory test. It is currently unknown if initial positive samples that cannot be confirmed are true positive or false positive results. This project will involve collecting 2 additional throat swab samples from patients at the same time as their usual swab is taken. This will allow testing by an alternative more sensitive test and screening of bacterial colonies that grow from the samples to see if any bacteria other than Neisseria gonorrhoeae carry the gene target of the initial test.
REC name
Wales REC 3
REC reference
18/WA/0058
Date of REC Opinion
22 Mar 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion