10th January 2025
What is Elevate about?
The aim of the ELEVATE project is the development and validation of a cervical cancer self-testing device that can yield rapid, easy-to-understand results at low costs. Through an intervention the tool will be piloted in hard-to-reach communities in Belgium, Portugal, Ecuador and Brazil.
Our approach
The concept of the ELEVATE project is to enhance screening coverage for cervical cancer, particularly for hard-to-reach women. A new, point-of-care detection test will be designed targeting HPV infections and biomarkers of cancer development, in women from different ethno-geographic origins and socioeconomic classes.
Target population
To identify eligible women who do not attend cervical cancer screening (called hard-to-reach) in Belgium, Brazil, Ecuador and Portugal and to define a strategy to increase their participation.
Test design
To improve the detection of high-risk HPV infections by designing a full HPV genotyping test with combined detection of cervical cancer biomarkers.
Device development
To develop a portable combined genomic/proteomic testing device for the maximum user-friendliness of HPV detection and cancer development at the point-of-care in low-resource settings.
Societal implications
To determine the societal implications of the application of the developed HPV screening tool by assessing its user-acceptability and cost-effectiveness in Belgium, Brazil, Ecuador, and Portugal.
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