ACCESS-A: Adequate Cervical cancer Capacity building, Education and Screening in Subsaharan-Africa
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Urological and Genital DiseasesHPV infection, cervical cancer
- Registration Number
- PACTR201304000533711
- Lead Sponsor
- Andreas Kaufmann PhD
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 80000
Inclusion Criteria
women age 18 to 65,
inhabitants of certain districts in Ghana,
giving consent to participation
Exclusion Criteria
pregnant women
women not aboe to give consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Data on the prevalence of HPV infection, cervical dysplasia and most effective screening algorithm in low resource settings
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Attitudes of women to HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening; Increase in knowledge about cervical cancer; Training of health workers to detect and treat cervical dysplasia; Identification of suitable new low resource-adapted screening tools in a real life setting; Model for sustainable methods of cervical cancer screening in developing countries