Embodied Conversational Agents for Cervical Cancer Screening Abnormalities (ECA-CCSA)

August 26, 2026 updated by: Tufts Medical Center
Many people who receive abnormal results from cervical cancer screening do not follow up with appointments that would allow treatment of precancer and would prevent cancer. In this project, we will develop an animated health coach that works on a smartphone to guide them through the cervical cancer screening and care process to ensure they receive the follow up and treatment they need to prevent cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

750

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 Contact

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria: age 21-65, has an abnormal cervical cancer screening test result,

Exclusion Criteria: not able to read in English or Spanish, does not have adequate vision or hearing to use the app, planning to move out of the study area during the follow up period

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: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Standard of care only
Experimental: Conversational agent only
Receives conversational agent to provide personalized education
Behavioral: embodied conversational agents for cervical cancer prevention
People receiving the intervention will receive an animated health coach that works on a smartphone to guide them through the cervical cancer screening and care process to ensure they receive the follow up and treatment they need to prevent cancer.
Experimental: conversational agent and advocacy
Receives conversational agent to provide personalized education and also guidance on talking to family and friends about cancer screening
Behavioral: embodied conversational agents for cervical cancer prevention
People receiving the intervention will receive an animated health coach that works on a smartphone to guide them through the cervical cancer screening and care process to ensure they receive the follow up and treatment they need to prevent cancer.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
receipt of diagnostic evaluation
Time Frame: 18 months
18 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Tufts Medical Center

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Perkins, Tufts Medical Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

October 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

August 15, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

August 15, 2029

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 26, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 26, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

August 31, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 31, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 26, 2026

Last Verified

August 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 00006533
  • 1R01CA296021-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

ACCESS, DISTRIBUTION, OR REUSE CONSIDERATIONS Data will be shared under a two-tier distribution system. All data that can be de-identified will be publicly shared. Data with specific confidentially risks, such as transcripts of interviews will not be shared publicly because of the difficulty masking the identity of participants. Data with increased risk of reidentification will be shared under a data-use agreement that clearly establish use rules to facilitate respondent confidentiality

WHETHER ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC DATA WILL BE CONTROLLED

De-identified data will be freely available on the repository website. Restricted data (I.e., de-identified transcripts of interviews) will be available through a data use agreement. Data use agreements providing access to sensitive data will be managed by the repository of record.

PROTECTIONS FOR PRIVACY, RIGHTS, AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF HUMAN RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS

In order to ensure participant consent for data sharing, IRB paperwork and informed

IPD Sharing Time Frame

As developed and for the amount of time stipulated by our IRB after study completion.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

see above

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • ICF
  • ANALYTIC_CODE

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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