Screening for Anal Cancer and Precancer in Women With HIV (SANCA)

NCT07059442 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2025-07-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main aim of the SANCA study is to evaluate the feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and acceptability of implementing international anal cancer screening guidelines for women living with HIV in Sweden, integrating health economic and patient-centered approaches.

Secondly the investigators wish to investigate the predictive potential of DNA methylation markers for the clinical progression of precancerous anal lesions in women with HIV, combining prospective molecular biology analysis with clinical data from registries.

Conditions

  • Anal Canal Cancer

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

anal HPV screening

From all included women samples will be collected at the out-patient HIV departments including self-sampled vaginal swab for hrHPV testing and self-sampled anal swab for hrHPV. A blood sample will be taken for the analysis of circulating HPV DNA.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Karolinska University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER
  • Stockholm South General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER
  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER
  • The Swedish Research Council

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • Karolinska Institutet

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christina Carlander · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-01
Primary Completion
2028-12-31
Completion
2035-12-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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