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Trial reportSexual health2024

The influence of home versus clinic anal human papillomavirus sampling on high-resolution anoscopy uptake in the Prevent Anal Cancer Self-Swab Study.

Jenna Nitkowski, Timothy J Ridolfi, Sarah J Lundeen, Anna R Giuliano, Elizabeth Y Chiao, Maria E Fernandez, Vanessa Schick, Jennifer S Smith, Bridgett Brzezinski, Alan G Nyitray

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Trial report in Sexual health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Impact of anal precancer screening on patient-reported outcomes among men-who-have-sex-with-men living with HIV: a scoping review.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jenna NitkowskiCenter for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Timothy J RidolfiDepartment of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Sarah J LundeenDepartment of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Anna R GiulianoCenter for Immunization and Infection Research in Cancer, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.
Elizabeth Y ChiaoMD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA.
Maria E FernandezDepartment of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA.
Vanessa SchickDepartment of Management, Policy and Community Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA.
Jennifer S SmithGillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Bridgett BrzezinskiCenter for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Alan G NyitrayCenter for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA; and Clinical Cancer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Funding

Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001436 · NCATS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI FREED, JULIE K · 2015 to 2025
$47.5M
Determining the accuracy of self- and partner anal exams for detecting anal abnormalities.R01CA232892 · NCI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI NYITRAY, ALAN GASPAR · 2018 to 2022
$3.2M
Annual anal sampling using DNA screening to identify men who have sex with men at increased risk for anal cancerR01CA215403 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI NYITRAY, ALAN GASPAR · 2017 to 2021
$2.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001436NCI NIH HHS R01 CA215403
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Anal cancer disproportionately affects sexual and gender minority individuals living with HIV. High-resolution anoscopy (HRA) is an in-clinic procedure to detect precancerous anal lesions and cancer, yet prospective data on factors associated with HRA attendance are lacking. We examined whether anal HPV sampling at home versus in a clinic impacts HRA uptake and assessed HRA acceptability. Methods Sexual and gender minority individuals were randomised to home-based self-sampling or clinical sampling. All were asked to attend in-clinic HRA 1year later. We regressed HRA attendance on study arm using multivariable Poisson regression and assessed HRA acceptability using χ 2 tests. Results A total of 62.8% of 196 participants who engaged in screening attended HRA. Although not significant (P =0.13), a higher proportion of participants who engaged in clinic-based screening attended HRA (68.5%) compared to home-based participants (57.9%). Overall, HRA uptake was higher among participants with anal cytology history (aRR 1.40, 95% CI 1.07-1.82), and lower among participants preferring a versatile anal sex position versus insertive (aRR 0.70, 95% CI 0.53-0.91), but did not differ by race or HIV serostatus. In the clinic arm, persons living with HIV had lower HRA attendance (42.9%) versus HIV-negative participants (73.3%) (P =0.02) and Black non-Hispanic participants had lower HRA attendance (41.7%) than White non-Hispanic participants (73.1%), (P =0.04). No differences in attendance by race or HIV status were observed in the home arm. Conclusions HRA uptake differed significantly by race and HIV status in the clinic arm but not the home arm.

Indexed as

Anus NeoplasmsPapillomavirus InfectionsAdultAnal CanalEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHIV InfectionsHuman Papillomavirus VirusesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CareProctoscopySelf CareSexual and Gender MinoritiesSpecimen Handling

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PMCPMC11752474

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