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CTRI Number  CTRI/2018/01/011413 [Registered on: 18/01/2018] Trial Registered Retrospectively
Last Modified On: 17/01/2018
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cross Sectional Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Visual Inspection after Application of Acetic Acid versus Pap smear in Cervical cancer screening 
Scientific Title of Study   A Study of the Effectiveness of Cervical Cytology versus Visual Inspection after Application of Acetic Acid in the Diagnosis of Precancerous Lesions of Cervix. 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Anchal Agarwal 
Designation  DNB Final year 
Affiliation  Tata Motors Hospital 
Address  Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, First floor, Tata Motors Hospital, Telco Colony, Jamshedpur.

Purbi Singhbhum
JHARKHAND
831004
India 
Phone  7488343489  
Fax    
Email  anchalagarwal2@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Somenath Ghosh 
Designation  Consultant 
Affiliation  Tata Motors Hospital 
Address  Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,Tata Motors Hospital, Telco Colony, Jamshedpur.

Purbi Singhbhum
JHARKHAND
831004
India 
Phone  9031079040  
Fax    
Email  drsomenath1977@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Anchal Agarwal 
Designation  DNB Final year 
Affiliation  Tata Motors Hospital 
Address  Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, First floor, Tata Motors Hospital, Telco Colony, Jamshedpur.

Purbi Singhbhum
JHARKHAND
831004
India 
Phone  7488343489  
Fax    
Email  anchalagarwal2@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, First Floor, Tata Motors Hospital, Telco Colony, Jamshedpur. Jharkhand, India Pin Code- 831004 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Tata Motors Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
Address  Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, First floor, Tata Motors Hospital, Telco Colony, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Pin Code 831004 
Type of Sponsor  Private hospital/clinic 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Anchal Agarwal  Tata Motors Hospital  Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, First Floor, Tata Motors Hospital, Telco Colony, Jamshedpur. Pin code 831004
Purbi Singhbhum
JHARKHAND 
7488343489

anchalagarwal2@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Tata Motors Hospital  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Screening for Cervical Precancerous Lesions ,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  NIL  NIL 
Intervention  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  20.00 Year(s)
Age To  70.00 Year(s)
Gender  Female 
Details  Women with or without cervical symptoms like -Abnormal Discharge per vaginum, post coital bleeding, postmenopausal bleeding, inter-menstrual bleeding, irrespective of the appearance of her cervix, willing to undergo cervical cytology test, visual inspection after application of acetic acid and colposcopy directed biopsy for screening for cervical precancerous lesions 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Pregnant women or suspicion of pregnancy, women menstruating at the time of examination and women previously diagnosed or treated for precancerous or cancerous cervical
lesions.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive predictive value and Negative predictive value of Cervical Cytology and Visual Inspection after Application of Acetic Acid and their comparison  Two years 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Cervical Cytology and Visual Inspection after Application of Acetic Acid taken together compared to one of these diagnostic modalities alone  Two years 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="81"
Sample Size from India="81" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "146"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="146" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   06/06/2015 
Date of Study Completion (India) 09/05/2017 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="2"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   Not Published yet 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary   This study is a cross sectional observational comparative single center study comparing visual inspection after application of acetic acid and cervical cytology by Pap smear using histopathology as gold standard ,over 2 years on 146 women aged 20 to 70 years with or without cervical symptoms willing for screening for cervical precancerous lesions. The primary outcome is the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of cervical cytology and visual inspection after application of acetic acid. 
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