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Cervical CancerNCT04371887

Comparing Strategies for Implementing Primary HPV Screening

A study testing Local Tailoring in people with Cervical Cancer and Human Papillomavirus, run by Chun Chao at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

Cervical cancer screening is an important component of women's health care. Most adult women are familiar with the conventional screening modality, Pap test, which has successfully reduced the burden of cervical cancer in industrialized countries. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 21 to 70 years
What is being tested?
Local Tailoring
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
45,000 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
1 Mar 2019to 30 Jun 2023
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 21 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • This is a cluster randomized trial. All KPSC's 12 service areas except Orange Country will be randomized and included in this study. All providers (physicians, nurses and medical assistants) and department administrator from the primary care departments (family medicine and internal medicine) and the department of obstetrics and gynecology at these 12 service areas randomized to this arm will be included in the study, as well as female patients at these service areas between age 30-65 who received cervical cancer screening during the data collection period.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who are younger than 30 years old
  • Providers working for departments other than Ob/Gyn, family or internal medicine

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Nancy Cannizzaro, PhD contact

626-564-7663

nancy.takahashi@kp.org

Chunyi Hsu, MPH contact

626-564-3508

chunyi.hsu@kp.org

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Kaiser Permanente Southern California

    Pasadena, California, 91101

    Nancy Cannizzaro, PhD, 626-564-7663, nancy.takahashi@kp.org

    Chunyi Hsu, MPH, 626-564-3508, chunyi.hsu@kp.org

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Comparing Strategies for Implementing Primary HPV Testing for Routine Cervical Cancer Screening

Cervical cancer screening is an important component of women's health care. Most adult women are familiar with the conventional screening modality, Pap test, which has successfully reduced the burden of cervical cancer in industrialized countries. However, Pap test has limited accuracy and can miss a progressing disease. Advancement in knowledge and technology has led to changes in national recommendations to focus on the testing of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, the cause of cervical cancer. Screening with primary HPV testing detects more diseases compared with Pap test alone or co-testing, and requires less number of tests. However, despite the advantages of primary HPV screening over conventional approaches, the switch to primary HPV screening is limited in the United States. The scientific literature reports barriers at both the provider and women level, which include lack of knowledge, resistance, and attachment to Pap test. We currently have insufficient guidance on how to select and deploy implementation strategies most likely to facilitate use of newly recommended cancer screening modality. This project seeks to generate evidence regarding effective strategies to achieve successful implementation of the primary HPV testing for routine cervical cancer screening in a large community-based health care system. A successful implementation will be defined by uptake of the primary HPV screening, adequate knowledge of the HPV test for both patients and providers, and patient/provider satisfaction during the transition. This project is important to most adult women, as a timely adoption of the best evidence-based cancer screening approach means better patient outcomes. Further, the proposed project will not only inform about cervical cancer screening, but other clinical conditions when a physician practice change is recommended by professional societies and/or national guideline body. By engaging patients, providers and other professional stakeholders in this project, we ensure that successful project outcomes are those most important for women and their doctors. Further, the stakeholder partners will help ensure generalizability of our findings to other health care systems, design strategies that maximize completeness in data collection, and lead the dissemination effort for wide application of the knowledge to be gained in this project.

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Background and Significance: Strong evidence supports testing for the high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, the etiology agent of cervical cancer, in routine cervical cancer screening. In 2014, the FDA approved the first test for primary HPV screening. Between 2015 and 2017, professional societies and national guideline bodies released practice recommendation for primary HPV screening. However, none of the large health care systems in the U.S. have systematically adopted this new screening strategy. Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) is preparing to transition to primary HPV screening in 2019, with considerable expected impact and barriers at multiple levels. There is a critical gap of knowledge on effective strategies to guide implementation of uptake of new evidence-based practice, especially around cancer screening where changes to clinical practice guidelines often created confusion among clinicians and patients. The overarching goals of this application is to generate insights and evidence regarding barriers and facilitators and effective strategies to achieve clinical practice substitution. Study Aims: SA1) Compare a local-tailored vs. a centralized approach for facilitating adoption of primary HPV testing for cervical cancer screening on (a) implementation outcomes including uptake of primary HPV screening, acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility; and (b) stakeholder-centered outcomes including knowledge, experience, behavior and satisfaction; SA2) Explain variations in implementation strategy effectiveness on study outcomes by multi-level factors; and SA3) Develop guidance for use of the effective implementation strategies in additional settings and for additional implementation problems. Study Descriptions: We will conduct a prospective, cluster randomized programmatic trial to compare and evaluate a local-tailored versus a centralized implementation approach. The local tailoring strategy will be guided by a structured process, using a menu of core functions and forms with evidence-based barrier assessment and intervention options. The centralized implementation will be based on the prevalent KPSC regional approach to new practice implementation, involving the design of a multi-component approach that is delivered in a relatively consistent manner. Twelve of the 14 KPSC medical centers will be randomized to receive one of the two implementation approaches, with two medical centers serving as pilot sites. The study subject will include screening age women, primary care and obstetrics \& gynecology physicians, as well as clinic staff, administrators and operational leaders. The primary outcome of interest is uptake of primary HPV screening at the provider level. The secondary outcomes include stakeholder-centered outcomes such as knowledge and satisfaction, and additional implementation and system outcomes as well as implementation process evaluation. Data collection will be via electronic medical record extraction, patient and provider surveys, and semi-structured key-informant interviews. Multi-level models and generalized estimating equations will be used to evaluate the effect of the local-tailored approach on each outcomes of interest. Effect heterogeneity by multi-level factors will be examined by interaction terms. Content analysis will be used to evaluate qualitative data collected for Aims 1 and 3. We will use the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to inform our overall study approach and provide rigor and structure to our analyses.

Being tested
Local Tailoring
Keywords
Primary HPV Screening, Cervical Cancer Screening, Local Tailoring, Implementation Strategy
Medical subject headings
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Behavior, Patient Acceptance of Health Care

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Local TailoringOther

    The "guided local tailoring" approach will employ a standard structured process, including (1) convening a project team, (2) conducting a local diagnostic process to identify likely barriers using provider/patient survey and interviews with providers/administrators, (3) selecting from a pre-developed menu of implementation strategies categorized by core function (form and function menu), and (4) deploying the selected strategies in collaboration with local implementation and improvement consultants.

Study groups in NCT04371887
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Local TailoringExperimentalThe intervention arm will consist of six KPSC service areas randomly assigned to the intervention arm. Immediately after primary HPV screening opens at KPSC, the intervention arm will receive the local tailoring interventions. All providers (physicians, nurses and medical assistants) and department administrator from the primary care departments (family medicine and internal medicine) and the department of obstetrics and gynecology at these six service areas randomized to this arm will be included in the study, as well as female patients at these service areas between age 30-65 who received cervical cancer screening during the data collection period.
Receives: Other: Local Tailoring
Hybrid Usual CareNo interventionThe hybrid-usual care arm will consist of six KPSC service areas randomly assigned to this arm. The hybrid usual care arm will receive regional educational activities for the transition (as will the intervention arm) before the roll out of primary HPV testing. However, they will not receive any research-led intervention or adaptation guidance after primary HPV screening opens at KPSC. All providers (physicians, nurses and medical assistants) and department administrator from the primary care departments (family medicine and internal medicine) and the department of obstetrics and gynecology at these six service areas randomized to this arm will be included in the study, as well as female patients at these service areas between age 30-65 who received cervical cancer screening during the data collection period.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Uptake of primary HPV testing

    Proportion of primary HPV testing of all cervical cancer screening performed for women age 30-65 at the provider level.

    Measured: Within the 3 months after the end of the 2 months intervention window

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Provider-centered outcomes

    Knowledge about the efficacy of the new test. We will assess provider knowledge via provider surveys which elicits information on provider knowledge and practice on cervical cancer screening. Provider delivery of education during patient screening visit will be measured in provider survey, including whether education is delivered and average time spent on patient education/counseling. Provider/staff satisfaction of the transition process and provider resistance to the new screening modality will be ascertained via survey questions.

    Measured: Within the 3 months after the end of the 2 months intervention window

  2. Patient-centered outcomes

    Knowledge about the new test and why the change is made. To measure this outcome, we will use and modify validated survey questions on HPV test knowledge. Emotional reactions (stigma and shame) of a positive HPV test result will be measured using survey questions developed by Waller et al. Patient satisfaction during the transition may be measured with survey questions such as "Were you able to discuss all your concerns/questions about the new screening approach with your provider?" "Where these concerns/questions adequately addressed?" "Did you get your test result back in a timely manner?" "Did someone explain to you what the test result mean?" and "How satisfy are you with the screening experience?"

    Measured: Within the 3 months after the end of the 2 months intervention window

  3. Time to colposcopy after a positive test result

    Time to colposcopy after a positive test result represents the combination of correct and timely referral, patient compliance, and availability of colposcopy appointments and will be measured using laboratory and utilization data collected in KPSC's electronic medical records.

    Measured: Within the 6 months after the end of the 2 months intervention window

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted1 May 2020
  2. Study start1 Mar 2019
  3. Primary completion18 Aug 2022 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Jun 2023 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
This prospective study will use a cluster randomization design to compare two system-level implementation strategies for primary HPV screening, with outcomes measured at multiple levels. KPSC has 13 service areas linked to over 200 ambulatory clinics. Randomization will be performed at the service area level, since these are system-level implementation strategies. Service areas will first be matched in pairs on key attributes that may be associated with implementation success prior to randomization, such as the size and the number of clinics, access, and current screening rates. Thus, the two service areas in a matched pair will be most like each other in those attributes. Within each pair, the two service areas will then be randomized to determine which receives the local-tailored vs. hybrid usual care approach. The intervention period for both arms will take place immediately after the roll out of primary HPV screening.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
45,000 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04371887
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR-2018C1-10987
Status last verified
Dec 2021
First submitted
30 Apr 2020
Last updated
30 Dec 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Hahn EE, Munoz-Plaza C, Hsu C, Cannizzaro NT, Ngo-Metzger Q, Gould MK, Mittman BS, Hodeib M, Tewari D, Chao CR. Locally-tailored vs. centrally-administered strategies for implementation of primary human papillomavirus (HPV) screening in an integrated healthcare system: a qualitative research study. Front Health Serv. 2025 Jul 15;5:1595934. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1595934. eCollection 2025.

    PubMed 40735691
  • Chao CR, Cannizzaro N, Hahn EE, Shen E, Hsu C, Ngo-Metzger Q, Gould MK, Munoz-Plaza CE, Kanter MH, Wride P, Ajamian LH, Hodeib M, Broder BI, Curiel IT, Castaneda A, Ong SK, Tewari K, Eskander RN, Tewari D, Mittman BS. A pragmatic randomized trial to compare strategies for implementing primary HPV testing for routine cervical cancer screening in a large healthcare system. Implement Sci. 2025 May 12;20(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s13012-025-01432-9.

    PubMed 40355876
  • Cannizzaro NT, Mittman BS, Hahn EE, Ngo-Metzger Q, Gould MK, Hsu C, Shen E, Tewari D, Chao CR. Primary Human Papillomavirus Screening: Women's Perceptions of New Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Dec;33(12):1614-1624. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2023.1180. Epub 2024 Sep 11.

    PubMed 39258727
  • Chao CR, Cannizzaro NT, Hahn EE, Tewari D, Ngo-Metzger Q, Hsu C, Shen E, Wride P, Hodeib M, Gould M, Mittman BS. A study protocol for a cluster randomized pragmatic trial for comparing strategies for implementing primary HPV testing for routine cervical cancer screening in a large health care system. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Jan;124:106994. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106994. Epub 2022 Nov 4.

    PubMed 36336248
  • Hahn EE, Munoz-Plaza C, Altman DE, Hsu C, Cannizzaro NT, Ngo-Metzger Q, Wride P, Gould MK, Mittman BS, Hodeib M, Tewari KS, Ajamian LH, Eskander RN, Tewari D, Chao CR. De-implementation and substitution of clinical care processes: stakeholder perspectives on the transition to primary human papillomavirus (HPV) testing for cervical cancer screening. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Sep 23;2(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00211-z.

    PubMed 34556189

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Local Tailoring in people with Cervical Cancer and Human Papillomavirus, run by Chun Chao at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Dec 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Nancy Cannizzaro, PhD (626-564-7663, nancy.takahashi@kp.org), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Uptake of primary HPV testing (time frame: Within the 3 months after the end of the 2 months intervention window). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04371887, which also lists 5 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Dec 2021.

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