Table 3 : On-going IARC collaborative studies on VIA for cervical cancer
screening (32)
|
Program design |
Interventions evaluated |
Location of the study |
Number of participants |
End points of the program |
|
Randomised, controlled intervention study |
VIA, cervical cytology, HPV testing |
Osmanabad district, India |
160,000 women 30-59 years |
Cervical cancer incidence/ mortality;
Cost-effectiveness; establishment of a service and training platform for
cervical cancer prevention. |
|
Randomised, controlled intervention study |
VIA |
Dindigul District, India |
73,000 women aged 30-59 years |
Detection rates of CIN2-3Cervical cancer
incidence/mortality; Cost-effectiveness; establishment of a service and
training platform for cervical cancer prevention. |
|
Cross-sectional study |
VIA, VILI |
Burkina Faso, Republic of Congo, Guinea,
Hyderabad, India, Laos, Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Tanzania |
5000 women aged 30-59 in each location |
Test characteristics; Acceptability, efficacy,
complications of cryotherapy; establishment of a service and training
platform for cervical cancer prevention. |
|
Cross-sectional study |
VIA, cytology |
Nigeria |
2000 women aged 30-64 years |
Test characteristics; Acceptability, efficacy,
complications of cryotherapy; establishment of a service and training
platform for cervical cancer prevention. |
|
Cross-sectional study |
VIA, VILI, cervical cytology |
Trivandrum and Jaipur India |
6000 women 30-59 years in each location |
Test characteristics; Acceptability, efficacy,
complications of cryotherapy; establishment of a service and training
platform for cervical cancer prevention. |
|
Cross-sectional study |
VIA, VIAM, VILI, cervical cytology, HPV testing |
Calcutta, India |
12,000 women aged 30-64 years |
Test characteristics; Acceptability, efficacy,
complications of cryotherapy; establishment of a service and training
platform for cervical cancer prevention. |
|
Cross sectional study |
Cervical cytology, HPV testing, VIA, VIAM, VILI |
Bombay, India |
5000 women aged 30-59 years |
Test characteristics; Acceptability, efficacy,
complications of cryotherapy; establishment of a service and training
platform for cervical cancer prevention. |