Prevention and Screening for Early Detection of HPV-related Cancers in Gay and Bisexual Men in Tanzania

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: HPV

Treatments: Other: Training on self-screening and HPV vaccination administration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05616767

000017185

Details and patient eligibility

About

The long-term objective of the parent study is "to reduce the effects of OPCa through secondary prevention (i.e., early detection, diagnosis and treatment referral)." Consistent with this, this supplement will test HPV-related interventions tailored for Sexual Minority Men (SMM). Acceptability, feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a smart-phone delivered Oropharyngeal Cancer (OPCA) self-assessment tool will be assessed. Given that homosexuality is stigmatized and criminalized in Tanzania, and that cell phone use is the key way SMM communicate in Tanzania, a self-assessment screening cell phone intervention holds particular promise for SMM in Tanzania but warrants separate evaluation.

Enrollment: 83 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age over 18
• gay or bisexual men
• speak Kiswahili or English
• resident in Dar es Salam

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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83 participants in 1 patient group

Training on self-screening and HPV vaccination administration

Experimental group

Description:

teaching SMM in Tanzania to conduct self-exams for oropharyngeal hrHPV-associated cancers using cellphone-mediated oral selfies, and administering the HPV vaccination series (with 2 and 6-8 month follow-up) to those who request it

Treatment:

Other: Training on self-screening and HPV vaccination administration