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NCT Number: NCT04788849

Extended VALidation of HUman Papillomavirus Assays and Collection DEvices for HPV Testing on Self-samples

The "Extended VALHUDES" study is a Clinical Performance / Diagnostic Test Accuracy Study that aims to extend validation, achieved as part of the "Belgian VALHUDES", of HPV testing using BD Onclarity on samples collected using Copan's devices for dry self-sampling of vaginal material and for first-void urine: FLOQSwab® 5E089N and UriSponge™.

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Key information

About this study

Women accessing the Colposcopy Centres for a colposcopy examination and fulfilling the selection criteria will be asked, after written informed consent, to self-collect a first-void urine (with UriSponge™ 8E031S100 device) and a vaginal sample (with FLOQSwab® 5E089N device), prior to undergoing colposcopy. Just before colposcopic examination, a clinician will also collect a cervical sample using a Cervex-Brush.

A colposcopy-targeted biopsy or histology following excisional treatment of a cervical precancer lesion will be undertaken if appropriate. The colposcopy and/or histological findings will be used as the gold standard. In case of normal satisfactory colposcopic findings without biopsy taking, colposcopy will provide the study outcome.

Virological accuracy of HPV testing using: [a] BD Onclarity on FLOQSwab® 5E089N vaginal self-samples, [b] BD Onclarity on UriSponge™ 8E031S100 urine specimens, will be compared to BD Onclarity testing on a cervical samples collected by a clinician.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Women, referred to colposcopy due to abnormal Pap-test result, who agree to participate in the study by signing an informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

  • Women younger than 25 or older than 64 years of age
  • Hysterectomized women
  • Women with known pregnancy
  • Non-consenting women
  • Women that are not able to understand and/or sign the informed consent.

Treatment and study plan

BD Onclarity™ HPV assay

Diagnostic Test

Women will be asked to self-collect first-void urine using Copan's UriSponge™ 8E031S100 and vaginal swabs using Copan's FLOQSwabs® 5E089N. All samples will be tested with BD Onclarity™ HPV assay. HPV test results on self-collected samples will be compared to those obtained when testing clinician-collected cervical sample

Other names: Copan's FLOQSwabs® 5E089N, Copan's UriSponge™ 8E031S100

Primary outcomes

  1. Analytical performance and Clinical accuracy

    Time frame: One day, with possible extension if excision biopsy is planned based on the coloposcopy/histology outcome of tissue specimens collected at the enrolment visit.

    Concordance of the presence of HPV and of the partial and extended HPV genotyping results applied on self- and clinician-collected samples.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Women's Acceptance and Preferences regarding urine collection, vaginal self-sampling or cervical sample collection by a clinician.

    Time frame: One day

    Acceptance and preferences regarding urine collection, vaginal self-sampling or clinicians' collected cervical samples will be assessed through a questionnaire administered to participating women at the time of colposcopy. The questionnaire will allow to determine the percentage of women expressing a preference for urine collection and/or vaginal self-sampling over clinicians' collected cervical samples.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Milano Bicocca

Other

Collaborators

  • ATS Sardegna
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company
  • COPAN ITALIA SPA
  • Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
  • Sciensano
  • Università degli Studi di Sassari

Registry information

Official study title

Extended VALidation of HUman Papillomavirus Assays and Collection DEvices for HPV Testing on Self-samples and First-void Urine Samples

Acronym: Ext-VALHUDES

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Mar 9, 2021
Registry last updated
Jul 29, 2025

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