This study is evaluating whether human papillomavirus (HPV) can be accurately detected from self-collected menstrual blood samples. Participants who have had routine clinical HPV testing within the previous 90 days will collect a menstrual blood sample at home using a study-provided collection kit. The HPV test result from the menstrual blood sample will be compared with the participant's prior clinical HPV test result to assess agreement between the two methods. The goal is to determine whether menstrual blood collection may provide a feasible, noninvasive approach for HPV testing.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
Investigational self-collection menstrual blood sampling kit used to collect menstrual blood specimens for HPV testing and concordance assessment with prior routine clinical HPV test results.
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Concordance of HPV Detection Between Menstrual Blood and Clinical HPV Testing
Agreement between high-risk HPV test results obtained from self-collected menstrual blood specimens and prior routine clinical cervical HPV test results. Concordance will be assessed for HPV16 positive, HPV18 positive, pooled high-risk HPV positive, and HPV negative categories. Supportive analyses may include positive percent agreement and negative percent agreement.
Time frame: At completion of HPV testing, up to 75 days
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