Can training and reminders boost cervical cancer prevention? malawi trial aims to find out.
NCT ID NCT07015957
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 06, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study in Malawi tests different methods—like in-person or virtual training, coaching, and visual reminders—to help health workers talk about and offer cervical cancer prevention to women and girls in HIV care. About 7,000 people will take part. The goal is to find the most effective and affordable strategies to increase prevention.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral interventions (training, coaching, prompts)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show which simple, low-cost methods best help health workers discuss and offer cervical cancer prevention to women in HIV care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral study, not a drug trial, so results depend on real-world implementation. It may not work in other settings or sustain long-term.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 7,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
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.
- Ages
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9 years and older
- 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: * Health workers: People who provide medical care and counseling (typically medical assistants, clinical officers, and nurses), and interact with adolescent girls and young women aged 9-24 and/or their parents/caregivers. * Clients: Non-pregnant females aged 9-24 (for those aged 9-17, their male or female parent/guardian will also be eligible for participation) who present for HIV care at a participating health facility during the study period. Exclusion Criteria: * Health workers: Less than 18 years of age, or not an active and regular provider of medical care or counseling at the facility, or unable or unwilling to provide informed consent. * Clients: \<9 or \>24 years old, or pregnancy, or unable or unwilling to provide informed consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Partners in Hope
Lilongwe, Malawi
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