Preventive Sexual Health Screening Among Female-to-Male (FTM) Transgender Adult Patients

Fenway Community Health150 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to assess the acceptability and effectiveness of utilizing vaginal self-swabs for HPV DNA testing as compared to provider-collected cervical swabs for HPV, as well as to investigate the prevalence of other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among sexually active female-to-male (FTM) transgender adults.

This observational study will examine sexual health in a bio-behavioral cross-sectional mixed-methods design among 150 FTM patients in Boston, Massachusetts, and will determine the acceptability as well as collect epidemiologic data on the comparative performance characteristics of several biological screening modalities in this patient population. Patients and stakeholders are key partners throughout the project and are involved in all phases of study development, implementation, and plans for dissemination. Eligible participants will participate in a one-time clinical visit. Following written consent, the one-time clinical visit will include: 1) Quantitative assessment; 2) Collection of biological specimens/biomarkers (HPV DNA vaginal self-swab, HPV DNA cervical swab collected by provider, Pap test with cytology, STI testing self- and provider-collected); 3) Qualitative Interview. A series of national, online focus groups with FTMs, providers, and key stakeholders will occur to gather information on the sexual health needs of FTM individuals outside the Boston area and to ensure that the dissemination of study findings take differing demographic concerns into consideration.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

150

Conditions

Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 21 YearsMax age: 64 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 21-64 * Assigned a female sex at birth and now self-identifies as a man, trans masculine, trans man, FTM, transgender, genderqueer/non-binary, transsexual, male, and/or another diverse transgender identity or expression * Have a cervix * Sexually active in the past 36 months (with sexual partner(s) of any gender) * Able to speak and understand English * Willing and able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to provide informed consent due to severe mental or physical illness * Substance intoxication at the time of interview

Locations (1)

Fenway Community Health

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Concordance Between Vaginal Self-swab Results and Provider-collected Cervical Swab Results for HPV DNA Among Sexually Active FTM Adults

Quantitatively assessed the non-inferiority of vaginal self-swab for HPV DNA compared to provider-collected cervical swab for HPV via laboratory confirmed testing in sexually active FTM adults. Compared the concordance of the positive self-swab HPV DNA test results to the positive cervical provider swab HPV DNA test results (reference) using the McNemar's test, a two-sample test for binomial proportions for matched-pair data.

Time frame: 1 day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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