The Prevent Anal Cancer Palpation Study
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04090060. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
Determining the Accuracy of Self and Partner Anal Exams for Detecting Anal Abnormalities.
Brief summary
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Anal cancer is a common cancer among men having sex with men (MSM). We will investigate increasing detection of anal canal tumors through self- or partner-palpation of the anal canal among MSM and trans persons. This study in Houston and Chicago will recruit a sample of 100 couples (i.e., 200 partners) and 600 single persons (one-half HIV-positive), aged ≥ 25 years, who will be taught to perform an ASE or ACE. After performing the exam in private, the individual's ASE and partner's ACE will then be compared with a clinician's DARE. The assessment will be done at each of two visits, spaced 6-months apart. One-half of persons will be randomized to a practice condition to assess how practice affects accuracy and retention of exam procedure. Our hypothesis is that both ASE and ACE at visit 1 will have ≥70% sensitivity and ≥90% specificity using the clinician DARE as the gold standard at each of two visits.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04090060
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 718 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 25 Years and older
- Sex
- Male
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 16, 2020
- Primary completion
- Jun 9, 2023
- Completion
- Jun 9, 2023
- Last update posted
- Jul 8, 2024
2020 – 2023
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 4
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Illinois | 60637 | — |
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | South Carolina | 29425 | — |
| M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| Gordon Crofoot MD | Houston | Texas | 77098 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 8, 2024 · Synced Sep 1, 2026
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