A trial of screening strategies for Cervical cancer prevention in Vanuatu

A comparative study of three screening strategies for determining cervical cancer risk amongst 30-50 year old Vanuatu women

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610000702011

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2010-08-25

Start date

2006-04-01

Completion date

2024-12-31

Last updated

2025-09-08

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

To assess the relative effectiveness of three possible means of early detection of cervical cancer risk in a population of healthy women in vanuatu.

Interventions

Screening interventions - each done to each trial subject on one occasion only. 1) Visual Inspection of the cervix after application o f Acetic Acid (VIA) and after application of Lugol's Iodine (VILI), 2) Cervical Cytology on a Papanicolau smear sample , 3) Human Papillomavirus testing (Performed on the Papanicolau smear sample) Cervical Biopsy is the reference standard - taken from all subjects with any abnormality on any test, and on 10% of subjects with all tests normal.

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Primary purpose

Prevention

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

30 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Asymptomatic Ni-Vanuatu women

Exclusion criteria

past gynaecological surgery

Outcome results