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NCT Number: NCT00923702

Trial of Two Versus Three Doses of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine in India

The primary study hypothesis wasthat a two-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine regimen would offer similar immunogenicity and protection as that of a three-dose regimen to girls against persistent HPV infection and cervical neoplasia caused by HPV types included in the vaccine. The Government of India stopped vaccination in all the HPV vaccine trials in the country in April 2010 due to reasons not related to this study.

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Key information

Age range

10 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 4

Primary location

MNJ Institute of Oncology & Regional Cancer Center, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

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About this study

The suspension of vaccination resulted in girls receiving 3 doses (days 1, 60 and ≥180), receiving 2 doses (days 1 and ≥180), receiving 2 doses at days 1 and 60 due to incomplete treatment ("by default"), and receiving one dose by default. A first age and site-matched cohort of unvaccinated married women was recruited, starting in May 2012 to serve as the unvaccinated control group of women for the analysis of HPV incidence and persistence outcomes. A second age and site-matched (age and site matched to the vaccinated women undergoing screening) cohort of unvaccinated married women is being recruited starting in June 2017 and is to be used in addition to the first unvaccinated cohort for the assessment of the cervical neoplasia outcome.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Apparently healthy, ambulant girls aged 10 - 18 years
  • Unmarried girls
  • Girls with intact uterus
  • Resident in the villages chosen for the study

Exclusion criteria

  • Girls with any severe and/or debilitating illness
  • Past history of allergy to any medication

Treatment and study plan

Prophylactic quadrivalent HPV vaccine Merck (Gardasil®)

Biological

The participants received either one, two or three doses of the avaccine. Each injection contains 20 microgram type 6, 40 microgram type 11, 40 microgram type 16, and 20 microgram type 18.

Other names: Gardasil®

Primary outcomes

  1. Median Florescent Intensities (MFI) of the Total Antibodies to Vaccine-included HPV Types (16/18/6/11) at Different Time Points

    Time frame: Month 7 (for 3-dose and 2-dose groups), 12 (for 2 doses by default and single-dose groups), 18, 36, 48

    Samples were treated with EDTA and analysed with Luminex (Austin, TX, USA) based multiplex serology to assess the concentration of binding antibodies against the major capsid protein L1 as mean median fluorescence intensity (MFI). MFI values as a measure of antibody concentration quantified by use of HPV multiplex serology are directly comparable with optical densities measured with ELISA.

  2. Frequency of Persistent HPV 16/18/6/11 Infection.

    Time frame: From date of marriage through to 7 years of follow-up

    The first cervical cell samples were collected from women 18 months after married or 6 months after the first delivery. After that, 3 extra annual collections were obtained. The HPV genotyping method involved HPV-type-specific E7 PCR bead-based multiplex genotyping. The multiplex HPV-type-specific E7 PCR uses HPV type-specific primers targeting the E7 region for the detection of 19 high-risk or probable high-risk HPV types (16, 18, 26, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68a, 68b, 70, 73, and 82), and two low-risk HPV types (6 and 11), with detection limits ranging from ten to 1000 copies of the viral genome.

  3. Frequency of HPV 16/18-associated Precancerous Lesions and Cancer.

    Time frame: Cervical samples for HPV testing collected from married participants at the age of 25 and at 5 years after the first screen

    Pathology Panel diagnosis of: CIN 2, CIN 3 (including squamous carcinoma in situ), adenocarcinoma in situ, invasive squamous cervical carcinoma, or invasive adenocarcinoma of the cervix and detection of HPV 16 and/or HPV 18 by PCR in the same biopsy tissue sample.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Frequency of Infection by Other Non-targeted High-risk HPV Types.

    Time frame: Cervical samples for HPV testing collected from married participants at the age of 25 and at 5 years after the first screen

    The HPV genotyping method involved HPV-type-specific E7 PCR bead-based multiplex genotyping. The multiplex HPV-type-specific E7 PCR uses HPV type-specific primers targeting the E7 region for the detection of 19 high-risk or probable high-risk HPV types (16, 18, 26, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68a, 68b, 70, 73, and 82), and two low-risk HPV types (6 and 11), with detection limits ranging from ten to 1000 copies of the viral genome.

  2. Frequency of Cervical Neoplasia Associated With Non-included HPV Types.

    Time frame: 15 years from the base-line date

    Pathology Panel diagnosis of: CIN 2, CIN 3 (including squamous carcinoma in situ), adenocarcinoma in situ, invasive squamous cervical carcinoma, or invasive adenocarcinoma of the cervix and detection of other non vaccine included HPV types by PCR in the same biopsy tissue sample.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Partha Basu

Other

Collaborators

  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences
  • Cancer Foundation of India
  • Christian Fellowship Community Health Centre
  • German Cancer Research Center
  • Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute
  • Jehangir Clinical Development Centre
  • MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Center
  • Nargis Datta Memorial Cancer Hospital
  • Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
  • Tata Memorial Centre

Registry information

Official study title

Randomised Trial of Two Versus Three Doses of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine in India

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jun 18, 2009
Registry last updated
Sep 28, 2023

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