Efficacy of Offering a Self-sampling Device by the GP to Reach Underscreened Women

The ESSAG trial invests the impact of offering a free self-sampling device (SSD) on the cervical cancer screening rate of underscreened women. This study is aimed at women between the age of 31 and 64 who did not have a smear taken during the last 6 years. In order to assess the effect of a) providing the SSD, and b) the intervention of the general practitioner (GP) (either face-to-face, either by sending the SSD by letter), a cluster randomized control trial is set up with three arms. The ESSAG trial evolves from a collaboration between Universiteit Gent and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Universiteit Antwerpen, Sciensano, het Centrum voor Kankeropsporing en het Belgisch Kankerregister, and is funded by "Kom Op Tegen Kanker".