PMID- 31658242 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201120 LR - 20231222 IS - 1537-4521 (Electronic) IS - 0148-5717 (Print) IS - 0148-5717 (Linking) VI - 47 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan TI - Sexually Transmitted Infections in Pregnancy and Reproductive Health: Proceedings of the STAR Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinical Trial Group Programmatic Meeting. PG - 5-11 LID - 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001075 [doi] AB - The goal of the STAR Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinical Trial Group (STI CTG) Programmatic meeting on Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Pregnancy and Reproductive Health in April 2018 was to review the latest research and develop recommendations to improve prevention and management of STIs during pregnancy. Experts from academia, government, nonprofit, and industry discussed the burden of STIs during pregnancy; the impact of STIs on adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes; interventions that work to reduce STIs in pregnancy, and the evidence, policy, and technology needed to improve STI care during pregnancy. Key points of the meeting are as follows: (i) alternative treatments and therapies for use during pregnancy are needed; (ii) further research into the relationship between the vaginal microbiome and STIs during pregnancy should be supported; (iii) more research to determine whether STI tests function equally well in pregnant as nonpregnant women is needed; (iv) development of new lower cost, rapid point-of-care testing assays could allow for expanded STI screening globally; (v) policies should be implemented that create standard screening and treatment practices globally; (vi) federal funding should be increased for STI testing and treatment initiatives supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centers of Excellence in STI Treatment, public STD clinics, and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). FAU - Wynn, Adriane AU - Wynn A AD - From the Division of Infectious Diseases & Global Public Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA. FAU - Bristow, Claire C AU - Bristow CC AD - From the Division of Infectious Diseases & Global Public Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA. FAU - Cristillo, Anthony D AU - Cristillo AD AD - Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. FAU - Murphy, Sara McCurdy AU - Murphy SM AD - Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. FAU - van den Broek, Nynke AU - van den Broek N AD - Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom. FAU - Muzny, Christina AU - Muzny C AD - Division of Infectious Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. FAU - Kallapur, Suhas AU - Kallapur S AD - Department of Pediatrics. FAU - Cohen, Craig AU - Cohen C AD - Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics. FAU - Ingalls, Robin R AU - Ingalls RR AD - Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. FAU - Wiesenfeld, Harold AU - Wiesenfeld H AD - Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. FAU - Litch, James A AU - Litch JA AD - Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, PA. FAU - Morris, Sheldon R AU - Morris SR AD - From the Division of Infectious Diseases & Global Public Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA. FAU - Klausner, Jeffrey D AU - Klausner JD AD - Department of Pediatrics. LA - eng GR - D43 TW009343/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States GR - HHSN266200400074C/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 DA023356/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - HHSN272201300014I/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Sex Transm Dis JT - Sexually transmitted diseases JID - 7705941 SB - IM CIN - Sex Transm Dis. 2020 Jan;47(1):12-13. PMID: 31856071 EIN - Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Nov 1;48(11):e173. PMID: 32265406 CIN - Sci Transl Med. 2021 Oct 27;13(617):eabj3222. PMID: 34705522 MH - *Clinical Trials as Topic MH - Congresses as Topic MH - Female MH - HIV Infections/prevention & control MH - Humans MH - Point-of-Care Testing MH - Pregnancy MH - Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/prevention & control MH - *Reproductive Health MH - Sexually Transmitted Diseases/*prevention & control PMC - PMC10731617 MID - NIHMS1944940 COIS- Conflicts of interest: None declared. EDAT- 2019/10/29 06:00 MHDA- 2020/11/21 06:00 PMCR- 2023/12/20 CRDT- 2019/10/29 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/11/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2023/12/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 00007435-202001000-00003 [pii] AID - 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001075 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sex Transm Dis. 2020 Jan;47(1):5-11. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001075.