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CTRI Number  CTRI/2020/02/023349 [Registered on: 14/02/2020] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 24/02/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Preventive 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   Cervical cancer prevention among HIV-infected women 
Scientific Title of Study   Evaluation of 2 service delivery algorithms: ‘screen with an HPV test and treat’ or ‘screen with an HPV test followed by VIA and treat’ for prevention of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV- infected women attending a NACO ART centre in Pune, India: an open label randomized trial 
Trial Acronym  NA 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
Not applicable  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Smita Joshi 
Designation  Senior Researcher 
Affiliation  Prayas 
Address  Department of Preventive Oncology, Prayas, Amrita Clinic, Karve Road Corner, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune
NA
Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411004
India 
Phone  9881132506  
Fax    
Email  smitanjoshi18@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Smita Joshi 
Designation  Senior Researcher 
Affiliation  Prayas 
Address  Department of Preventive Oncology, Prayas, Amrita Clinic, Karve Road Corner, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune
NA
Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411004
India 
Phone  9881132506  
Fax    
Email  smitanjoshi18@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Smita Joshi 
Designation  Senior Researcher,  
Affiliation  Prayas 
Address  Department of Preventive Oncology, Prayas, Amrita Clinic, Karve Road Corner, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune
NA
Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411004
India 
Phone  9881132506  
Fax    
Email  smitanjoshi18@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Prayas, Amrita Clinic, Karve Road Corner, Athawale Corner, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411004 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Prayas  
Address  Amrita Clinic, Karve Road Corner, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411004 
Type of Sponsor  Other [non-profit organization] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
Indian Council of Medical Research  V. Ramalingaswami Bhawan, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 2  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Smita Joshi  Prayas  Amrita Clinic, Athawale Corner, Karve Road Corner, Deccan Gymkhana
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
919881132506

smitanjoshi18@gmail.com 
Dr Smita JOshi  YCM Bajaj ARt Centre  Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri Colony, Pune, Maharashtra 411018
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
9881132506

smitanjoshi18@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee for Research  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: B20||Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]disease,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Delayed treatment of HPV infected women   HPV infected women who have a positive VIA test will be treated. If there is no acetowhite lesion, they will not be treated.  
Intervention  Immediate treatment of HPV positive women  All HPV infected women will be treated either by ablation or excision irrespective of the presence of any aceto-white lesion 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  25.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Female 
Details  Women willing to sign an informed consent form 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Women who have undergone a hysterectomy,
Pregnant women,
Women with a debilitating health condition,
Women with a prolapsed uterus 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
HPV clearance in the 2 treatment arms  HPV clearance in the 2 treatment arms 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Prevalence and predictors of HPV infection in HIV-infected women   At enrolment  
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="600"
Sample Size from India="600" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="2618" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)
Modification(s)  
10/06/2020 
Date of Study Completion (India) 30/06/2023 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="2"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details
Modification(s)  
Joshi S, Muwonge R, Bhosale R, Chaudhari P, Kulkarni V, Mandolkar M, Deodhar K, Kand S, Phadke N, Rajan S, Kumar BK, Sankaranarayanan R, Basu P. A randomised controlled non-inferiority trial to compare the efficacy of HPV screen, triage and treat with HPV screen and treat approach for cervical cancer prevention among women living with HIV. Nat Commun. 2025 Feb 22;16(1):1888. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56926-3. PMID: 39987163. 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary  

HPV test is the most accurate and reproducible primary test for cervical cancer screening. When an HPV test is used for screening, WHO has suggested 2 algorithms (screen with an HPV test and treat if HPV positive or screen with an HPV test, perform VIA if HPV positive and treat if both tests are positive) for women in the low- and middle-income countries where facilities are limited for triaging with cytology or genotyping or colposcopy. We propose to evaluate the above 2 algorithms in HPV positive HIV-infected women by randomly assigning them to either of the 2 treatment arms and then comparing the HPV clearance rate in the 2 treatment arms.

 
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