HPV Prevalence in Transpersons - a Prospective Study
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
In this study, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) prevalence will be determined once in the urine of 200 trans people. In addition, subjects will be asked to complete a questionnaire about their sexual orientation, which is adapted from the largest published study.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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N/A |
Detailed Description
All transpeople who visit the outpatient clinic are asked to participate in the study. After being informed and signing the Informed Consent Form, the subjects are asked to give first-void urine and fill out the survey. The urine samples are sent pseudonymously to the University of Ljubljana for analysis. The subjects will be informed about their results within 3 weeks.If the result is positive, the subjects will be offered voluntary further care in our HPV outpatient clinic. However, this will take place outside the study. The data collected there can be used for further analyses.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Other: Transpeople 1x urine sampling for HPV analysis 1x survey |
Diagnostic Test: Colli-Pee urine collection device
first-void urine is collected using Colli-Pee and subsequently analyzed using Anyplex™ II HPV HR Detection from Seegene.
Other: Survey
Subjects are asked to complete a survey that includes questions about sexual orientation, hormone therapy, gender reassignment surgery, number of sexual partners, HPV vaccination, and smoking
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- HPV prevalence in transpeople [one year]
HPV prevalence in transpeople
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Transpeople
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Age over 18 years
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Sufficient knowledge of German
Exclusion Criteria:
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Age under 18 years
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Insufficient knowledge of German
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Medical University of Vienna | Vienna | Austria | 1090 | |
2 | Institute of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty of Medicine | Ljubljana | Slovenia | 1000 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Sophie Pils
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Elmar Joura, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
- 1186/2021