Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Retention in the Cervical Cancer Treatment Cascade Among Women With HIV in South Africa: Part 2

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

80

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 15, 2025

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2026

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2026

Conditions
Cervical CancerHiv
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Retention in cervical cancer care intervention

Aim 1 data will inform this intervention, however the participant intervention will likely be one or two sessions, conducted in-person, coupled with text- or phone-based client navigation with women who received abnormal high-risk Pap smear results. We anticipate that the intervention may integrate (1) information to improve awareness of cervical cancer susceptibility and treatment, (2) motivational interviewing to assess pros and cons of attending a follow-up appointment and completing treatment; (3) brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to reduce individual-level barriers, (4) problem-solving to increase social support, and (5) patient navigation tools to mitigate clinic-level challenges.

Trial Locations (3)

4000

MatCH Research Unit (MRU), a Division of the Wits Health Consortium, University of Witwatersrand, Durban

02114

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

02215

Boston University, Boston

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

OTHER

collaborator

Massachusetts General Hospital

OTHER

lead

Boston University Charles River Campus

OTHER