NCT04093388Recruiting
Self-Collection of the Pap Smear as Agency: A Novel Way to Improve Refractory Low Cervical Cancer Screening Rates in Rural Alabama
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of the study is to find out if a self-administered (by the patient) Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is as accurate as a traditional Pap smear administered by a healthcare provider.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 250 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 16 Sept 2019
- Start date
- 26 Apr 2021
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Diseases
- Cervical cancer
- NCT number
- NCT04093388
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 250
- From 26 Apr 2021 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2026
- 3 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- prior history of cervical cancer or a positive Pap smear, have had a total hysterectomy (removal of uterus and cervix), or currently enrolled in any other cancer prevention study.
Who the study is looking for
- Female of at least 21 years of age and not over 65 presenting who need routine cervical cancer screening per national guidelines.
Age in the registry: 21 years to 65 years · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahaba Medical Care - Ensley Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Recruiting |
| Cahaba Medical Care - West End Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Recruiting |
| Cahaba Medical Care Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Centreville | United States | Recruiting |
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