One-Visit HPV test and treatment could slash cervical cancer in poorer nations
NCT ID NCT05133661
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether it's practical and acceptable to offer HPV testing and immediate treatment for precancerous cervical lesions in the same visit. It involves over 17,600 women in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guatemala, and the Philippines. The goal is to see if this integrated approach can be rolled out widely to help eliminate cervical cancer in low- and middle-income countries.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- HPV testing and thermal ablation of precancerous lesions
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could make cervical cancer screening and treatment more accessible in low-resource settings, moving the world closer to eliminating cervical cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an implementation study, not a test of a new drug or vaccine. It measures feasibility and acceptability, not long-term cancer prevention. Results may not apply to all regions or populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 17,602 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
* Women: Participants will be drawn from women seeking care at the SUCCESS project supported sites. For the general population, women aged 30-49 years will be enrolled while for HIV+ women, those aged 25-49 years will be enrolled. Women who do not know their HIV status at enrolment will have an opportunity to be tested. * Key informants will be identified from among the stakeholder holding positions that allows them to provide information that is relevant to the assessment of acceptability, feasibility, and costs related to implementation of cervical cancer prevention and treatment services in the four countries. from seeking care in health facilities in the four countries.
- Ages
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25 to 49 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Women: Participants will be women residing in the study area, seeking services at SUCCESS project-supported health facilities, and meet the eligibility criteria to be enrolled in one of the components of the study (i.e, prospective component, client exit interviews and/or in-depth interviews). * Service providers: Health care personnel working in the project facilities at the time of the study providing services related to cervical cancer screening and treatment. Facility in-charges and laboratory personnel are included in this category. * Key informants: Health program managers, and community mobilizers at either local or national level in Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guatemala, and Philippines. * Men: Male members of the community (married or cohabiting with female partners) to gather their perspectives on the implementation of the cervical cancer prevention and treatment activities. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Individuals unwilling to participate or unable to provide informed consent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CMA de Do
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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FSU Koko
Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
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Metro-Manila
Quezon City, Philippines, 1103, Philippines
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Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
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