Evaluation of the Q-Pad hrHPV Test System for Identifying Precancer

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Q-Pad hrHPV Test System: Participants will receive a mailed Q-Pad Kit, which includes two Q-Pads (menstrual pads with removable collection strips called Q-Strips), a Q-Strip Container with desiccant for storing and shipping the strips, and a prepaid return mailer. During the menstrual cycle after their colposcopy visit, participants will follow the Instructions for Use to passively collect menstrual blood with the Q-Pads, then remove the Q-Strips and place them in the Q-Strip Container for mailing to the central laboratory for hrHPV testing. At the colposcopy visit, the clinician will also collect a cervical sample in ThinPrep liquid-based cytology medium for hrHPV testing, which will serve as the comparator specimen.

Study summary

The EQUIP Study is testing whether high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV), the virus that causes most cervical cancers, can be accurately detected from menstrual blood collected at home. People who have been referred for colposcopy after an abnormal Pap or hrHPV test will use the Q-Pad Kit during their period to collect menstrual samples on a special menstrual pad and mail them to a central laboratory for hrHPV testing.

The same participants will have a standard cervical sample collected for routine hrHPV testing and will undergo colposcopy as part of their usual care. By comparing hrHPV results from menstrual samples with results from cervical samples and biopsy findings, the study will evaluate how well the Q-Pad hrHPV Test System detects cervical precancer and will also assess how easy and acceptable it is for participants to use this at-home collection method.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Clinical Performance vs Histology — Through study completion, an average of 1 year.
  Clinical sensitivity defined as the proportion of participants with biopsy-confirmed CIN2+ whose menstrual-blood hrHPV result (Q-Pad hrHPV Test System) is positive and Clinical specificity defined as the proportion of participants with \<CIN2 on histology whose menstrual-blood hrHPV result is negative.
• Proportion of participants with at least one reportable device-related adverse event (ADE or SADE) — Through study completion, an average of 1 year.
  Proportion of participants who experience at least one adverse event or device deficiency that is not on the protocol's non-reportable event list.

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