NCT07678047Enrolling by invitation
Leveraging Project ECHO for Improved Cervical Cancer Screening in Ethiopia
Leveraging Project ECHO for Improved Cervical Cancer Screening in Ethiopia: An Implementation Study of Integrated HPV Selfsampling in HIV Care Centers
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Project TICHILALECH ("she can" in Amharic), a five-year, implementation science study, is focused on improving cervical cancer screening, triage, and treatment and integration with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care at five Ethiopian hospitals, with a focus on human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection as the recommended screening strategy for people living with HIV (PLHIV). To improve implementation of screening and treatment, Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a peer-based, virtual, knowledge sharing model, will be used to convene healthcare providers and stakeholders over a period of approximately three years (2026-2029). A customized curriculum is developed featuring didactic lectures, case-based presentations, and experience sharing for peer-mentoring. A pre/post study design will measure changes in delivery of clinical services, such as the proportion of HPV-positive patients that are appropriately triaged and treated, before and after each hospital's participation in the TICHILALECH ECHO intervention.
- Status (registry)
- Enrolling by invitation
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 18 Jun 2026
- Start date
- Jun 2026
- Primary completion date
- Jul 2029
- Lead sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Diseases
- HIV, Cervical cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07678047
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 60
- From Jun 2026 to the primary completion date, Jul 2029
- 1 site 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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Other illness
- HIV negative status
- Any physical or mental disability that prevents the individual from consenting to cervical cancer screening and/or study participation
- Patients without an intact cervix (e.g. a history of hysterectomy)
- Anyone ineligible for cervical cancer screening in accordance with Ethiopia's national cervical cancer screening guidelines
- Note: Routine clinical service delivery data of PLHIV will be reviewed to determine intervention effect of providers participating in Project ECHO. PLHIV are not considered participants of the trial and are not consented.
Age
- Age under 25 years
Who the study is looking for
- 18 years or older
- Willingness and ability to provide informed consent and participate in virtual, peer-mentoring through Project ECHO
- Profession: Healthcare provider, any education/training/cadre with experience relevant to the delivery of cervical cancer screening and treatment or HIV care (e.g., cervical cancer screening, gynecologist, gynecological oncologist, or HIV/ ART provider), or other stakeholder (e.g., personnel at laboratories or health bureaus, administrators, ART data clerks)
- Can communicate in English or Amharic (national language of Ethiopia)
- Able and willing to meaningfully contribute in the virtual, peer-learning community of Project ECHO
- 25 years or older (in accordance with Ethiopia's national cervical cancer screening guidelines for PLHIV)
- Have been diagnosed with HIV
- Have a history of cervical cancer screening that was performed at one of the five study sites, either during the course of our study or previously
- Were screened with primary HPV DNA testing during the course of the study intervention period
- Are eligible for cervical cancer screening in accordance with Ethiopia's national cervical cancer screening guidelines (e.g., have an intact cervix)
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addis Ababa University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Unknown status |
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