Use of VIA, Pap smear, or HR-HPV testing in women living with HIV/AIDS for post-treatment cervical cancer screening: same tests, different priorities
Document Type
Article
Department
Obstetrics and Gynaecology (East Africa)
Abstract
Objectives: Few studies have addressed optimal follow-up for HIV-infected women after cervica:l treatment. This study aimed to compare performance of three available tests to detect post-treatment cervical disease in HIV-infected women in Kenya.
Design: This is a prospective cohort study.
Methods: At least six months following cryotherapy, 517 HIV-infected women were evaluated concurrently with VIA, Pap smear, and HR-HPV testing. Women positive by any test (≥LSIL for Pap) were scheduled for colposcopy and biopsy. Among 248 with histological confirmation (and 174 assumed to be truly negative for CIN2+ after testing negative by all three tests), the ability of each test alone, or in combination, to detect CIN2+ was calculated to determine their utility in post-treatment follow-up.
Results: The median age of women was 35 years, 68% were WHO stage 1–2, with a median CD4 count of 410 cells/uL, and 87% were on combination antiretroviral therapy. At a median of 6.3 months post-treatment, 64% had an abnormal screen by VIA, Pap, and/or HR-HPV. Among women with histological confirmation, 72 (30%) had persistent/recurrent CIN2+. As single tests, Pap correctly classified the most cases (83%) and had the highest specificity (91% (88%, 95%); sensitivity 44% (35, 53%)), whereas HR-HPV had the highest sensitivity (85% (75%, 96%); specificity 54% (49%, 58%)). VIA was not sensitive (27% (18%, 36%)) for the detection of post-treatment CIN2+ (specificity 82% (79%, 86%)).
Conclusions: With the goal to minimize the number of false negatives (e.g. not miss CIN2+ post-treatment) in this population that is high-risk due to both prior cervical disease and HIV infection, HR-HPV based algorithms are recommended.
Publication (Name of Journal)
AIDS (London, England)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1097%2FQAD.0000000000001327
Recommended Citation
Omenge, E.,
Liu, T.,
Christoffersen-Deb, A.,
Itsura, P.,
Oguda, J.,
Washington, S.,
Chumba, D.,
Pisharodi, L.,
Cu-Uvin, S.,
Rositch, A. F.
(2017). Use of VIA, Pap smear, or HR-HPV testing in women living with HIV/AIDS for post-treatment cervical cancer screening: same tests, different priorities. AIDS (London, England), 31(2), 233-233.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_mc_obstet_gynaecol/696
Comments
This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.