Prospective Evaluation of Self-Testing to Increase Screening

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Cervical Cancer; Human Papillomavirus Infection

• Registration Number: NCT03898167
• Lead Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine

Brief Summary

Regularly attending for Pap test cervical cancer screening in a clinic is often unfeasible and/or unacceptable to many women. This study evaluates if mailing and testing self-sampled kits for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) can cost-effectively increase screening participation among underserved minority women in a safety-net health system.

Detailed Description

Regularly attending for Pap test cervical cancer screening in a clinic is often unfeasible and/or unacceptable to many women. Using mailed self-sampling kits to test for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes cervical cancer, may overcome multiple barriers to clinic-based screening. This study is a randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of three outreach interventions to increase primary screening participation and clinical follow-up among underscreened women a in a safety net health system. The three strategies that will be evaluated are: 1) telephone recall; 2) telephone recall with mailed self-sample HPV testing kits; and 3) telephone recall with mailed self-sample HPV testing kits and patient navigation.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-29
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-01
• Study Start: 2020-02-13
• Primary Completion: 2024-03-01
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-23
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-29
• Study Completion: 2025-07-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 2268

Inclusion Criteria

• no history of hysterectomy or cervical cancer
• no Pap test in the past 3.5 years or Pap/HPV co-test in the past 5.5 years
• patient of Harris Health System in Harris County (Houston), Texas
• have at least 2 visits to ambulatory care within Harris Health System in the past 5 years
• be currently enrolled in a healthcare coverage or financial assistance plan accepted by Harris Health System or have been enrolled in a Harris Health coverage plan in the past 12 months

Exclusion Criteria

• no valid telephone contact information
• unable to communicate in English or Spanish*
• currently pregnant
• history of cervical dysplasia in the past 3.5 years

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary screening participation	within 6 months of randomization	completion and return of a mailed self-sample HPV testing kit that is adequate for testing (i.e., does not produce unsatisfactory results) or attendance for clinic-based screening

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Screening tests results	within 6 months of randomization	Results of HPV test using self-collected samples (positive, negative, or inadequate)
completion of clinical follow-up among women with an abnormal screening test result	within 12 months of screening test result	Electronic medical record (EMR)-confirmed attendance for colposcopy among participants who had a positive test by clinic-based screening; EMR- confirmed attendance for colposcopy or subsequent clinic-based screening among those who had a positive test by self-sampling

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Harris Health System; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States