This clinical trial evaluates the use of self-collected vaginal samples for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in patients referred for a colposcopy and/or cervical excisional procedures to improve cervical cancer prevention. HPV is a common virus which usually causes infections that last only a few months, but sometimes can last longer. It is known to cause a variety of cancers including cancer of the cervix. Even though there are ways to detect cervical cancer early, many individuals do not undergo screening that involves pelvic exams. Over half of all new cervical cancer cases are among those who have either never been screened or who are not screened enough. Without appropriate screening and care, preventable pre-cancers may turn into cancer. A new way to detect cervical cancer is to have individuals collect their own vaginal sample for HPV testing to know their risk for cervical cancer. This may give individuals more flexibility and comfort having the ability to collect samples themselves, compared to a doctor performing a speculum examination and collecting the samples in a clinic. This study compares clinical accuracy of HPV testing on self-collected vaginal samples versus cervical samples collected by clinician. The Self-collection for HPV Testing to Improve Cervical Cancer Prevention (SHIP) Trial is part of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s Cervical Cancer 'Last Mile' Initiative, a public private partnership that seeks to increase access to cervical cancer screening. The SHIP Trial focuses on developing clinical evidence to inform the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s regulatory reviews of self-collection approaches as alternative sample collection approaches for cervical cancer screening. Several industry partner-specific self-collection device and assay combinations will be non-competitively and independently evaluated with a similar study design framework to inform pre-approval and/or post-approval regulatory requirements.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate clinical accuracy (including clinical sensitivity, clinical specificity, false positive rate, and false negative rate) for the detection of cervical precancer/cancer and agreement/concordance (including positive percent agreement and negative percent agreement) on self-collected (SC) versus clinician collected (CC) samples for the following HPV genotype detections and groupings by Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) Onclarity (trademark) HPV assay: Any high risk (HR) HPV genotype, HPV16, HPV18, HPV31, HPV45, HPV51, HPV52, HPV33/58, HPV35/39/68, HPV56/59/66, HPV16 and/or HPV18, other 12 HR-HPV types (grouped). (Group A) II. To conduct an observational study among women attending regular cervical cancer screening ("intended use population" for the at-home collection indication). (Group B) EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate human factors affecting usability, acceptability, and preferences for self-collection. (Group A) II. To evaluate agreement/concordance (including positive percent agreement and negative percent agreement) on SC versus CC samples for the following HPV genotype detections and groupings by BD Onclarity™ HPV assay: Any HR HPV genotype, HPV16, HPV18, HPV31, HPV45, HPV51, HPV52, HPV33/58, HPV35/39/68, HPV56/59/66, HPV16 and/or HPV18, other 12 HR-HPV types (grouped). (Group B) III. To evaluate human factors affecting usability, acceptability, and preferences for self-collection. (Group B) OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 groups. GROUP A: Patients undergo self-collection of two vaginal samples and then undergo clinician-collection of a cervical test sample. Patients then undergo standard of care colposcopy with biopsy/endocervical curettage and/or cervical excisional procedures as clinically indicated. GROUP B: Patients undergo self-collection of two vaginal samples and then undergo clinician-collection of 1 or 2 cervical test samples. Patients may undergo standard of care colposcopy with biopsy/endocervical curettage and/or cervical excisional procedures as clinically indicated. After completion of study intervention (one time), laboratory results available within 30 days are collected for study analysis purposes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
750
Undergo collection of cervical samples by clinician
Undergo cervical biopsy conducted by clinician
Undergo colposcopy conducted by clinician
Ancillary studies
Undergo endocervical curettage conducted by clinician
Undergo cervical excisional procedure conducted by clinician
Undertake self-collection of vaginal samples
Undergo HPV testing of self-collected vaginal samples and cervical samples
Ancillary studies
Ancillary studies
University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center
Miami, Florida, United States
Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
University of New Mexico Cancer Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Montefiore Medical Center-Einstein Campus
The Bronx, New York, United States
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
University of Cincinnati Cancer Center-UC Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
...and 5 more locations
Clinical sensitivity for self-collected (SC) samples (Group A)
Will be defined as the probability of testing human papillomavirus (HPV) positive on SC sample given disease positive (e.g., cervical intraepithelial neoplasia \[CIN\]2+). Will report point estimate and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Clinical sensitivity for clinician-collected (CC) samples (Group A)
Will be defined as the probability of testing HPV positive on CC sample given disease positive (e.g., CIN2+). Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Sensitivity ratio for SC versus CC samples (Group A)
Will be defined as the sensitivity of SC divided by the sensitivity of CC. Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Difference in clinical sensitivity between SC and CC samples (Group A)
Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Clinical specificity for SC samples (Group A)
Will be defined as the probability of testing HPV negative on SC sample given disease negative (e.g., \< CIN2). Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Clinical specificity for CC samples (Group A)
Will be defined as the probability of testing HPV negative on CC sample given disease negative (e.g., \< CIN2). Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Specificity ratio for SC versus CC samples (Group A)
Will be defined as the specificity of SC divided by the specificity of CC. Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Difference in clinical specificity between SC and CC samples (Group A)
Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
False positive rate (FPR) for SC samples (Group A)
Will be defined as the probability of testing HPV positive on SC sample given \< CIN2. Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
FPR for CC samples (Group A)
Will be defined as the probability of testing HPV positive on CC sample given \< CIN2. Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
FPR ratio for SC versus CC samples (Group A)
The FPR ratio is the FPR of SC divided by the FP of CC. Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Difference in FPR ratio between SC and CC samples (Group A)
Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
False negative rate (FNR) for SC samples (Group A)
Will be defined as the probability of testing HPV negative on SC given CIN2+. Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
FNR for CC samples (Group A)
Will be defined as the probability of testing HPV negative on CC given CIN2+. Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
FNR ratio for SC versus CC samples (Group A)
The FNR ratio is the FNR of SC divided by the FNR of CC. Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Difference in FNR ratio between SC and CC samples (Group A)
Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Positive percent agreement (Group A)
Will be defined as the probability of positive on SC given positive on CC, expressed as a percent. Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Negative percent agreement (Group A)
Will be defined as the probability of negative on SC given negative on CC, expressed as a percent. Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Positive percent agreement (Group A and Group B)
Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Negative percent agreement (Group A and Group B)
Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Cohen's Kappa (Group A and Group B)
Will be described as a measure of agreement beyond chance between SC and CC samples, and values will be interpreted as follows: 0.00-0.19 as poor, 0.20-0.39 as fair, 0.40-0.59 as moderate, 0.60-0.79 as good, and 0.80-1.00 as excellent agreement beyond chance. Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Test positivity rates (Group A and Group B)
Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
Rate of invalid test results (Group A and Group B)
Will report point estimate and 95% CIs.
Time frame: One-time, up to 30 days
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