Self-collected Vaginal and Urine Samples in HIV-positive Women

NCT ID: NCT05783167

Last Updated: 2024-08-28

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

502 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-05-29

Study Completion Date

2024-02-28

Brief Summary

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This study assesses topics as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), and cancer screening methods. The focus will be on evaluating feasibility of implementing novel cancer screening modalities in a low-resource setting in Guinea-Bissau and further to estimate the prevalence of the precancerous virus HPV amongst women living with HIV. In the study the investigators will collect urinary and vaginal self-samples for HPV testing, and further evaluate the feasibility of implementing the devices as screening modalities through questionnaires given to the women.

Detailed Description

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This pilot study will partly take place at the outpatient HIV clinic, based in the Hospital National Simão Mendes (HNSM) in the capital city Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. HNSM is the main hospital in Bissau, and the HIV clinic is the biggest HIV treatment center in Guinea-Bissau in terms of patients on follow-up. The Bissau Nationwide HIV Cohort is a clinical HIV Cohort started in 2007. As of today, the investigators collect data from 9 outpatient HIV clinics in the country, and samples will be collected from all 9 clinics.

Study participants who present at the HIV clinic will be thoroughly instructed in correct usage of the vaginal and urine devices by trained healthcare workers. At the HIV clinics, facilities will be available for the women to conduct self-sampling in privacy, before handing in the samples. At the local laboratory, the dry brush head will be suspended in Thinprep medium and stored until shipment to Denmark. The urine samples will be stored at room temperature for up to 7 days before transferred to a -20º freezer until shipment to Denmark.

Analyses: vaginal and urine samples will be analyzed at Randers Regional Hospital using the Cobas 4800 HPV DNA test. The Department is specialized in self-collected samples from previous studies. This procedure is considered feasible based on data showing that the dry brush is analytically stable for HPV DNA detection for up to 32 weeks at temperatures ranging from 4 ºC to 30 ºC. After HPV analyses, residual material from the self-collected samples will be stored in a biobank in Denmark at Aarhus University hospital and saved for future research.

Conditions

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HIV Infections HPV-Related Cervical Carcinoma Cervical Cancer Coinfection, HIV

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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HIV-positive females in Guinea-Bissau

The study is conducted on female HIV-infected patients in the Nationwide HIV-cohort at the 9 biggest HIV-clinics in Guinea-Bissau.

Participants will be invited to enroll in the project when they present to the HIV-clinics for HIV-treatment and consultations.

Self-sampling for HPV infection

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

After informed consent has been provided, the woman will be asked to collect firstly a first-void urine sample using the Collipee device and secondly to collect a vaginal self-sample using the dry Evalyn® Brush device. Socioeconomic, demographic and clinical data will be collected in the Bissau HIV Cohort database and through study questionnaires to collect background information on risk factors for HPV persistence and development of cervical cancer (HIV genotype, immune status, parity). Questionnaires will collect additional information on the acceptance of cervical screening measures to better evaluate the feasibility of implementing self-collected screening among HIV infected women in Guinea-Bissau.

Interventions

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Self-sampling for HPV infection

After informed consent has been provided, the woman will be asked to collect firstly a first-void urine sample using the Collipee device and secondly to collect a vaginal self-sample using the dry Evalyn® Brush device. Socioeconomic, demographic and clinical data will be collected in the Bissau HIV Cohort database and through study questionnaires to collect background information on risk factors for HPV persistence and development of cervical cancer (HIV genotype, immune status, parity). Questionnaires will collect additional information on the acceptance of cervical screening measures to better evaluate the feasibility of implementing self-collected screening among HIV infected women in Guinea-Bissau.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Other Intervention Names

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Collipee Evalyn Brush

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* HIV-positive (women with HIV-1, HIV-2 AND HIV1/2 are all eligible)
* Age between 18 and 65 years

Exclusion Criteria

* Current pregnancy
* Pregnancy within the last 3 months
* Prior hysterectomy
* Women using other vaginal products than contraceptives and water based lubricants
* Women who don't understand the extent of the study
* Bleeding due to ongoing period
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Aarhus University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universiteit Antwerpen

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Randers Regional Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Bandim Health Project

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Aarhus

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Sanne Jespersen, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of infectious diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Locations

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Centro Tratamento Ambúlatorios na Guinea-Bissau

Bissau, , Guinea-Bissau

Site Status

Countries

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Guinea-Bissau

References

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Tranberg M, Jensen JS, Bech BH, Blaakaer J, Svanholm H, Andersen B. Good concordance of HPV detection between cervico-vaginal self-samples and general practitioner-collected samples using the Cobas 4800 HPV DNA test. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Jul 27;18(1):348. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3254-y.

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Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40590686 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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R351-A20092

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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