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RecruitingNCT05372484Updated Aug 10, 2026

Rice Technologies for Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnosis

An interventional study of Multimodal optical imaging in Cervical Cancer, sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Recruiting at 4 sites in 2 countries. Open to female participants aged 25 Years to 49 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-10.

Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Screening

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 1 month after the study started (first participant enrolled Mar 2021, registered Apr 2022).
  • Started Mar 2021; still recruiting 5 years 7 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
678
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
25 Years to 49 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The study aims to compare the accuracy of the lateral flow test to detect HPV at the POC with commercially available HPV test and to determine the diagnostic accuracy and reliability of a multimodal optical imaging system to detect cervical dysplasia, with the gold reference standard of histopathology.

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This is a prospective, single-arm community trial involving 678 women aged 25 to 49 years for evaluation of positive cervical cancer screening tests (abnormal cytology, VIA+ and/or HPV+ test). Eligible women will be offered enrollment at the time of their consultation for a follow-up of their abnormal cervical cancer screening test.

Participating centers include: 1) Mavalane Hospital and Health Center and 2) José Macamo General Hospital (José Macamo), 3) Maputo Central Hospital. After providing the informed consent, the participant will answer a short questionnaire that will include demographic information and medical background, including HIV status (HIV-negative, positive, or unknown, and, among women with HIV-positive tests, HIV viral load and CD4 cell count, if available), and cervical cancer screening test results.

The patient will undergo a rapid urine - POC pregnancy test (within 14 days from the date of enrollment). Each participant will then receive instructions and will provide two cervico-vaginal samples taken by the patient herself (self-collection).

The patient will then undergo a pelvic examination with two cervical samples taken by the healthcare provider. 7. A sample taken by the patient herself (self-collection) and a sample taken by the provider will be sent for an HPV test using GeneXpert. Similarly, samples taken by the patient herself (self-collection) and collected by the provider will be stored for the Rice POC rapid HPV test.

The patient will then undergo multimodal imaging. Images/videos of the cervix will be obtained using the mobile colposcope/smartphone and HRME images/videos will be also obtained.

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Conditions studied

  • Cervical Cancer

Keywords

  • Human Papilloma virus
  • Point-of-care HPV Test
  • Multimodal Optical Imaging
  • Screening
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In context

Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

2,366 studies on the registry are indexed under Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; 677 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 678 is above the median of 100 across 1,738 interventional studies indexed under Uterine Cervical Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 3,047 studies on the registry; 578 are open to participants now.

Of its 612 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 409 (67%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
25 Years to 49 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. 25 - 49 year old women
  2. Women with a positive cervical cancer screening test (abnormal cytology, positive VIA and/or positive HPV test)
  3. Women with intact cervix
  4. Women who are not pregnant and with a negative pregnancy test (within 14 days from the date of enrollment) ) and not currently breastfeeding
  5. Willing and capable of providing

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Women under 25 or over 49 years old
  2. Women who have undergone a total hysterectomy (with removal of the cervix)
  3. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Screening
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
678 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Multi-Modal Optical Imaging

    Multi-modal imaging (mobile colposcopy and high resolution imaging) of study participants will be performed during the colposcopy examination. Cervical biopsies will be performed using biopsy forceps per standard protocols.

    Device: Multimodal optical imaging

Interventions

  • DeviceMultimodal optical imaging

    Women referred for colposcopy due to abnormal cervical screening will be recruited into the experimental group of the study. Imaging of study participants will take place during the colposcopy examination.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Development of multimodal optical imaging system

    Image data will be used as a training set to develop and refine image analysis algorithms. Multimodal Mobile Colposcope will be compared with colposcopic impression considering clinical performance (sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve)

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

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Study locations

4 of 4 sites recruiting
  • M D Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
    Recruiting
    • Kathleen Schmeler, MD · Contactkschmele@mdanderson.org · 713-854-9150
    • Kathleen Schmeler, MD · Principal investigator
  • José Macamo General Hospital and Health Center
    Maputo, 1106, Mozambique
    Recruiting
    • Andrea Neves · Contact
    • Cesaltina Lorenzoni, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
  • Maputo Central Hospital
    Maputo, 1106, Mozambique
    Recruiting
    • Ricardina Rangeiro · Contact
    • Cesaltina Lorenzoni, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
  • Mavalane Hospital and Health Center
    Maputo, 1108, Mozambique
    Recruiting
    • Arlete Mariano · Contact
    • Cesaltina Lorenzoni, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
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References and documents

Publications

  • Novak EN, Hansen CJ, Wazir Z, Ma A, Carns J, Atif H, Montealegre JR, Scheurer ME, Lorenzoni C, Rosen DG, Salcedo MP, Schmeler KM, Richards-Kortum RR. Point-of-care hrHPV mRNA detection with reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification on a portable fluorimeter from provider-collected cervical samples in Maputo, Mozambique. Infect Agent Cancer. 2026 Jun 23;21(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s13027-026-00772-5. PubMed 42337609 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 10, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05372484
Collaborators
Eduardo Mondlane University, William Marsh Rice University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 12, 2022
Start date
Mar 24, 2021
Primary completion
Mar 30, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 30, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 10, 2026

Study contacts

Mila Salcedo, MD, PhD
Contact
mpsalcedo@mdanderson.org
(832) 696-6794
Kathleen Schmeler, MD
principal investigator · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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