IARC project among Nature Medicine list of clinical trials to shape medicine in 2025

A randomized controlled trial that is led by researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has been chosen among a list of 11 clinical trials that will shape medicine in 2025. The top clinical trials were presented in an article published in Nature Medicine.

The selected IARC project is a trial of a web-based tool aimed at encouraging women, particularly those with lower education levels and from disadvantaged areas, to participate in screening programmes for cervical cancer using at-home self-sampling tests for human papillomavirus (HPV).

The tool takes the form of a multi-language decision aid and is accessible via an artificial intelligence-based chatbot, which is available through multiple smartphone channels. It was developed in coordination with women from the target populations and health-care professionals.

The trial, which is currently under way and is expected to conclude in 2025, aims to assess the chatbot’s efficacy in improving women’s participation in the HPV detection-based cervical cancer screening care pathway.

Webster P, Healey N.
Eleven clinical trials that will shape medicine in 2025
Nat Med. Published online 12 December 2024;
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03383-y

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