Clinical trial · Interventional
Messages For Your Health: A Cancer Screening Prevention Study
Development of Mobile Technologies for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer in Santiago, Chile: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
NCT02376023CI-TRIAL-00025877unknownN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of text messages as a means for improving adherence to cervical cancer screening.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cervical Cancer | Malignant Cervical Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| mHealth | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- mHealth
- description
- Women in the mHealth group will receive text and voice messages, in addition to their habitual care from the health clinic they attend. The messages will remind them to schedule a PAP smear, and will be sent for 1 year following enrollment in the study.
- interventionNames
- Other: mHealth
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- No mHealth
- description
- Women in the No mHealth group will not receive any text messages, and will only receive their habitual care from the health clinic they attend.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Proportion of women who received a Pap smear within 6 months from the date when the study randomization began.
- timeFrame
- 6 months after randomization of study
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 25 Years
- Maximum age
- 64 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Must have and use a mobile phone * Enrolled at one of the following clinics: CESFAM El Roble or CESFAM Juan Pablo II. * Must not have had a Pap test within 3 years or more from recruitment Exclusion Criteria: * Women who have ever had the diagnosis of cervical cancer. * Women with a mental or physical disability that inhibits them from understanding the implications of the study or being able to reach the health clinic for an exam. * Women that are considering relocating within the next year.
References
Publications (17)
- BACKGROUNDHuman papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer. (Updated 2014, November). Retrieved June 4, 2014, from http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs380
- BACKGROUNDDefunciones y mortalidad por causas. (n.d.). Retrieved June 4, 2014, from http://www.deis.cl/?p=2541
- BACKGROUNDFica A. [Cancer of cervix in Chile. Too much vaccine amid a neglected Papanicolau]. Rev Chilena Infectol. 2014 Apr;31(2):196-203. doi: 10.4067/S0716-10182014000200010. Spanish. PMID 24878908
- BACKGROUNDMartínez-Bejarano, R & Martínez-Salgado, C. La mortalidad por cáncer cérvico uterino y de mamá en Colombia y Mexico como expresión de las desigualdades socio-económicas y de genero. III Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Población, ALAP, Córdoba -Argentina, from 24-26 of September 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2014, from http://www.alapop.org/2009/images/DOCSFINAIS_PDF/ALAP _2008_FINAL_155.pdf
- BACKGROUNDAylward, D., Leão, B., Curioso, W., & Cruz, F. (2010). Can You Heal Me Now? Potential (and Pitfalls) of mHealth. Americas Quarterly, 4(3), 88-95. Retrieved June 4, 2014, from http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/1699
- BACKGROUNDThe World in 2014. ICT Facts and Figures. ITU World Telecommunications. Retrieved June 4, 2014, from http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/facts/default.aspx
- BACKGROUNDEncuesta Nacional de Consumidores de Servicios de Telecomunicaciones. Subsecretaria de Telecomunicaciones 2014. http://www.subtel.gob.cl/component/search/?searchword=Encuesta%20Nacional&searchphrase=all&Itemid=101
- BACKGROUNDAbonados Móviles [Mobile Subscribers]. (2015, January 9). Retrieved June 4, 2014, from http://www.subtel.gob.cl/informacion-estadistica-actualizada-e-historica4/informacion-estadistica4
- BACKGROUNDMHealth: New Horizons for Health through Mobile Technologies. (2011). Global Observatory for EHealth Series, 3. Retrieved June 4, 2014, from http://www.who.int/goe/publications/goe_mhealth_web.pdf
- Green paper on mobile health (mHealth). (2010). European Commission. Retrieved June 4, 2014, from http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/green-paper-mobile-health-mhealth