HPV Self-Sampling in Somali Women (Isbaar Project) (Isbaar)

July 8, 2025 updated by: University of Minnesota

Reducing Cervical Cancer Screening Disparities in Somali Immigrant Women Through a Primary Care-based HPV Self-sampling Intervention

This study plans to assess the effect of implementing HPV self-sampling in primary care on uptake of cervical cancer screening in 30-65 year old Somali women who are due for cervical cancer screening.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

3367

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Minnesota
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
        • University of Minnesota

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

30 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Identify as a Somali woman
  • between ages of 30-65
  • eligible for cervical cancer screening

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Ineligible for cervical cancer screening, including having a history of cervical cancer or a hysterectomy without intact cervix

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Screening
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Control clinics will have passive participation and their only involvement will be that data will be pulled from these clinics. Women in the control clinics will be offered usual care cervical cancer screening by a clinician. The research team will not have any contact with women in the control clinics.
Experimental: Intervention
At the three intervention clinics, clinic providers or staff will offer women the option to perform HPV self-sampling as an alternative to cervical cancer screening by a clinician.
Device: COPAN 552c.80 FLOQSwab
The study will implement HPV self-sampling as an option for cervical cancer screening alongside usual care for Somali women, and evaluate changes pre and post implementation, compared to Fairview non-intervention clinics.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Difference-in-difference Comparison
Time Frame: Up to one-year (time-to-event) to initiate screening in each of the pre and post implementation periods.
Difference-in-difference Cox proportional hazards regression to compare screening completion changes 12-months pre- /post-implementation in intervention versus control clinics, adjusting for age, screening history, and CDC social vulnerability index (SVI).
Up to one-year (time-to-event) to initiate screening in each of the pre and post implementation periods.
Pre-implementation Period Cervical Cancer Screening Completion
Time Frame: Up to one-year (time-to-event) to initiate screening in the pre-implementation period.
For the pre-implementation period (prior to intervention clinics offering the option to perform HPV self-sampling), the operational definition of screening completion is receiving Pap and/or HPV testing by a clinician.
Up to one-year (time-to-event) to initiate screening in the pre-implementation period.
Post-implementation Period Cervical Cancer Screening Completion.
Time Frame: Up to one-year (time-to-event) to initiate screening in the post implementation period.

For the post-implementation period, the operational definition of screening completion accounts for hybrid options that allow for either HPV self-sampling, or Pap and/or HPV testing by a clinician. We define screening completion as:

  1. receiving Pap and/or HPV testing by a clinician;
  2. self-sampling HPV-negative or HPV16/18+; or
  3. self-sampling positive for other high-risk HPV types (i.e., "HPV+ other") or unsatisfactory and returning for a follow-up Pap test to complete the screening episode. For women with "HPV+ other" or unsatisfactory test results on self-sampling, a follow-up Pap test is required; if the Pap test is not completed within 3 months, the woman will not be considered screened.
Up to one-year (time-to-event) to initiate screening in the post implementation period.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Minnesota

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Rebekah Pratt, PhD, University of Minnesota
  • Principal Investigator: Rachel Winer, PhD, University of Washington

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 20, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 19, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

May 19, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 6, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 6, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

July 12, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 10, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 8, 2025

Last Verified

July 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • FMCH-2019-27849

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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