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HPV antibody levels and clinical efficacy following administration of a prophylactic quadrivalent HPV vaccine

Elmar A Joura, Susanne K Kjaer, Cosette M Wheeler, Kristján Sigurdsson, Ole-Erik Iversen, Mauricio Hernandez-Avila, Gonzalo Perez, Darron R Brown, Laura A Koutsky, Eng Hseon Tay, Patricia García, Kevin A Ault, Suzanne M Garland, Sepp Leodolter, Sven-Eric Olsson, Grace W K Tang, Daron G Ferris, Jorma Paavonen, Matti Lehtinen, Marc StebenXavier Bosch, Joakim Dillner, Robert J Kurman, Slawomir Majewski, Nubia Muñoz, Evan R Myers, Luisa L Villa, Frank J Taddeo, Christine Roberts, Amha Tadesse, Janine Bryan, Lisa C Lupinacci, Katherine E D Giacoletti, Shuang Lu, Scott Vuocolo, Teresa M Hesley, Richard M Haupt, Eliav Barr

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Abstract

The efficacy of the quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is thought to be mediated by humoral immunity. We evaluated the correlation between quadrivalent HPV vaccine-induced serum anti-HPV responses and efficacy. 17,622 women were vaccinated at day 1, and months 2 and 6. At day 1 and at 6-12 months intervals for up to 48 months, subjects underwent Papanicolaou and genital HPV testing. No immune correlate of protection could be found due to low number of cases. Although 40% of vaccine subjects were anti-HPV 18 seronegative at end-of-study, efficacy against HPV 18-related disease remained high (98.4%; 95% CI: 90.5-100.0) despite high attack rates in the placebo group. These results suggest vaccine-induced protection via immune memory, or lower than detectable HPV 18 antibody titers.

Original languageEnglish
JournalVaccine
Volume26
Issue number52
Pages (from-to)6844-51
Number of pages8
ISSN0264-410X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Dec 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Viral/analysis
  • Condylomata Acuminata/epidemiology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Human papillomavirus 11/immunology
  • Human papillomavirus 16/immunology
  • Human papillomavirus 18/immunology
  • Human papillomavirus 6/immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunization Schedule
  • Papanicolaou Test
  • Papillomavirus Infections/immunology
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines/immunology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Vagina/pathology
  • Vaginal Smears
  • Vulva/pathology
  • Young Adult

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