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At-Home HPV test could revolutionize screening for women with autoimmune conditions
NCT ID NCT06302725
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 08, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study looks at whether women with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (like lupus or Sjögren's syndrome) can use a vaginal self-sampling kit to check for high-risk HPV, the virus that can cause cervical cancer. Researchers will track 300 women aged 30-65 to see how many have HPV and if the self-test is acceptable. The goal is to make cervical cancer screening easier for those with chronic immune conditions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- vaginal self-sampling for HPV detection
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more accessible and comfortable way for women with immune diseases to screen for cervical cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only measures HPV prevalence and screening uptake, so it won't directly improve health outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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278 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- 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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30 to 65 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: Prospective and retrospective patient * Women aged 30 to 65 years old * presenting with MSIA, MSIA includes Systemic lupus erythematosus Sjögren's syndrome Systemic scleroderma Mixed connective tissue disease Inflammatory myositis Systemic sarcoidosis Systemic vasculitis Behçet's disease Adult-onset Still's disease IgG4-related disease Autoimmune cytopenia (autoimmune hemolytic anemia, immune thrombocytopenic purpura, Evans syndrome) Susac syndrome * Followed in the internal medicine department of Bichat Hospital, Paris * Not up to date with gynecological follow-up (i.e., Pap smear more than one year old or undatable) (for retrospective patients: at the time of initial screening) Retrospective patient \- Patient who underwent Pap smear screening less than one year before the start of the study Exclusion Criteria: Prospective and retrospective patient * Patient under legal protection, guardianship, or trusteeship * History of colpohysterectomy * Not affiliated with a social security scheme (general or CMU) * Absence of informed and written 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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Service de Médecine Interne - Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard
Paris, 75018, France
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