NCT02431520

Patient Compliance to Self-collection for Detection of HPV-DNA

Patient Compliance to Self-collection for Detection of HPV-DNA in Cervical Cancer Prevention: A Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 25 Years – 59 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A study to investigate the compliance of unassisted women to self-collection of specimens for Hybrid Capture (HC) for detection of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) DNA compared to Pap smear collection by medical personnel, as screening method to identify precursor lesions of cervical cancer.

Detailed description

Women living in the community of the Morro dos Macacos, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, were randomly allocated for self-collection of specimens for HC II for detection of HPV-DNA or to Pap smear collection by medical personnel, as screening method to identify precursor lesions of cervical cancer. The compliance was measured by the delivery of the specimen obtained by self-collection or to attend to a visit at the community health center to be submitted to Pap smear collection, within a week.

Conditions

• Compliance
• Cervical Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Self-collection	Women allocated to this arm will be asked to obtain a specimen of vaginal/cervical by self-collection for HCII.
PROCEDURE	Gynecologist collection	Women allocated to this arm will be asked to attend to medical office to have their Pap smear obtained by a gynecologist

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-05-01
• Primary completion: 2007-09-01
• Completion: 2007-12-01
• First posted: 2015-05-01
• Last updated: 2015-05-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil