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Pilot Study to know whether menstrual pad/cloth can be a cervical cancer screening tool

Evaluation of self sampling method using the menstrual sanitary devices to detect high risk Human Pailloma Virus to simplify cervical cancer screening in India

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2013/02/003353
Enrollment
1250
Registered
2013-02-06
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Ministry of Science and Technology
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy married women of age 30 to 50 and permanent residence of nearby area of Jamkhed will be consider as eligible A unmarried daughter mother pair will be included. An unmarried healthy daughter who has started to menstruate (12 to 18)will be included in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Those women have history of precancer or cancer or who had total hysterectomy will be excluded. Women who are pregnant will be excluded

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Acceptance of women to provide a menstrual pad as a cervical cancer screening tool Concordance of HPV testing by PCR and HC2 Senistivity and specificity of the testTimepoint: In six months from the enrollment—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Develop standard method for detecting HPV in menstrual pad by PCR Determine if there are any non sexual transmission of HPV to teenage and adolescent girls from their mother due to contamination of homemade napkinsTimepoint: After 8 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Atul Budukh

Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai

atul.budukh@gmail.com09920863064

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026