An Exploratory Open-Label Clinical Trial Evaluating the Immunogenicity of the 9-valent 2-dose HPV Vaccination Regimen

NCT ID: NCT04206813

Last Updated: 2026-01-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

352 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-12-01

Study Completion Date

2026-06-30

Brief Summary

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The goal of this study is to explore and evaluate whether a 2-dose schedule of Gardasil 9 among young and mid-adult women 16-45 years of age is generally safe and immunogenic, with an antibody response that is not inferior to that observed of a 3-dose schedule of Gardasil 9 among women aged 16-26 years old. The investigators thought that having a 2-dose vaccination regimen for individuals 16 to 45 would provide a more robust dataset than those of 27 to 45 years old.

Detailed Description

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The investigators will identify potential eligible subjects from the Boston Medical Center (BMC) Clinical Data Warehouse from the following BMC clinics: Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, Family Medicine, Obstetric/ Gynecology (OB/GYN), and Women's Health/Adult Primary Care. The research team will mail a recruitment opt-out letter signed by the principal investigator to the participant along with a study flyer. The recruitment letter will inform the participant that a research member may contact them via phone within two week to provide more information regarding the study.

Participants opting-in will be called and interviewed with the study recruitment script and eligibility will be determined. Eligible participants who agree to participate (in-person or over the phone), will be scheduled to come to the Boston University (BU) General Clinical Research Unit (GCRU) to complete the consent process. At the baseline visit participants will be assigned into the appropriate group (control vs. intervention) based on their age.

Conditions

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HPV Infection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The control group will have 120 subjects will receive a 3-dose regimen as recommended by Center for Disease Control (CDC) given at 0, 2 and 6 months. The intervention group will have 240 subjects who will receive a modified 3-dose regimen given at 0, 6, and 12 months. Both groups will have HPV titers drawn at Visit 1 (pre-vaccination) and Visit 7 (after three doses for the Control group and 2 doses for the Intervention group).
Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention group

240 eligible women will receive a 2-dose regimen of Gardasil 9 at (0 and 6 months, followed by a rescue 3rd dose at month 12)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Gardasil 9 2 dose regimen

Intervention Type DRUG

a 2-dose regimen of Gardasil 9 at 0 and 6 months

Gardasil 9 rescue dose

Intervention Type DRUG

A rescue dose of Gardasil 9 will be given at 12 months

Control group

120 eligible women will receive the standard 3-dose regimen of Gardasil 9 at (0, 2, 6 months)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Gardasil 9 3 dose regimen

Intervention Type DRUG

standard 3-dose regimen of Gardasil 9 at 0, 2, 6 months

Interventions

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Gardasil 9 2 dose regimen

a 2-dose regimen of Gardasil 9 at 0 and 6 months

Intervention Type DRUG

Gardasil 9 3 dose regimen

standard 3-dose regimen of Gardasil 9 at 0, 2, 6 months

Intervention Type DRUG

Gardasil 9 rescue dose

A rescue dose of Gardasil 9 will be given at 12 months

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women receiving care at Boston Medical Center

Exclusion Criteria

* Currently pregnant
* Prior HPV vaccination
* A history of severe allergic reaction, including known allergy to any vaccine component, specially severe allergic to yeast
* Immunocompromised/previous immunosuppressive therapy
* Thrombocytopenia or other coagulation disorder
* Currently breastfeeding
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Boston Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Carl G Streed, MD MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Boston Medical Center, Internal Medicine

Locations

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Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Related Links

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https://www.cdc.gov/sti/about/about-genital-hpv-infection.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) facts.

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on how many cancers are linked with HPV each year.

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT03158220

Merck Sharp \& Dohme Corp. An Open-Label Phase III Clinical Trial to Study the Immunogenicity and Tolerability of GARDASIL®9 (A Multivalent Human Papillomavirus \[HPV\] L1 Virus-Like Particle Vaccine) in Adult Women Compared to Young Adult Women

https://www.fda.gov/media/90064/download

Food and Drug Administration. Prescribing information \[package insert\]. Gardasil 9 (human papillomavirus 9-valent vaccine, recombinant).

https://www.cdc.gov/acip/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2019-06/HPV-3-Luxembourg-508.pdf

Luxembourg A. 9vHPV immunogenicity and safety trial in mid-adult females. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

https://www.lexjansen.com/pharmasug/2003/StatisticsPharmacokinetics/sp007.pdf

Implementing Constrained or Balanced-Across-the-Centers Randomization with SAS v8 Procedure PLAN Song CQ.

Other Identifiers

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H-39051

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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