Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine (Cervarix TM) Efficacy, Immunogenicity & Safety Trial in Adult Japanese Women With GSK Biologicals HPV-16/18 Vaccine

Summary

Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) has been clearly established as the central cause of cervical cancer. Indeed, certain oncogenic types of HPV can infect the cervix (part of the uterus or womb). This infection may go away by itself, but if it does not go away (this is called persistent infection), it can lead in women over a long period of time to cancer of the cervix. This study will evaluate the efficacy in prevention of persistent HPV-16 or HPV-18 cervical infection lasting at least 6 months, the immunogenicity and safety of GSK Biologicals HPV-16/18 vaccine (Cervarix TM ) over 24 months in Japanese adult women aged 20 - 25 years of age at study start. Approximately 1000 study subjects will either receive the HPV vaccine or a control vaccine (Hepatitis A vaccine) administered intramuscularly according to a 0-1-6 month schedule. The Protocol Posting has been updated in order to comply with the FDA Amendment Act, Sep 2007.

Timeline

Start

2006-04-26

Primary completion

2009-02-10

Completion

2009-02-10

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Vaccine efficacy against persistent infections (6 month definition) associated with HPV-16/18 was 100% (95.5% confidence interval, 71.3-100; P < 0.0001). PMID 20606533 ↗

paper Vaccine efficacy against cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 1+ associated with 14 oncogenic HPV types was 64.9% (95.5% confidence interval, 4.9-89.0; P = 0.02). PMID 20606533 ↗

Publications

• Background Konno R, Dobbelaere KO, Godeaux OO, Tamura S, Yoshikawa H. Immunogenicity, reactogenicity, and safety of human papillomavirus 16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine in Japanese women: interim analysis of a phase II, double-blind, randomized controlled trial at month 7. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2009 Jul;19(5):905-11. doi: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a23c0e.
• Background Konno R, Tamura S, Dobbelaere K, Yoshikawa H. Efficacy of human papillomavirus 16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine in Japanese women aged 20 to 25 years: interim analysis of a phase 2 double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2010 Apr;20(3):404-10. doi: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181d373a5.
• Background Konno R, Tamura S, Dobbelaere K, Yoshikawa H. Prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus in healthy Japanese women aged 20 to 25 years old enrolled in a clinical study. Cancer Sci. 2011 Apr;102(4):877-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.01878.x. Epub 2011 Feb 17.
• Background Konno R et al. Efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of HPV 16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine in Japanese women. Abstract presented at European Research Organization on Genital Infection and Neoplasia 2010 (EUROGIN). Monte Carlo, Monaco, 17-20 February 2010.
• Background Konno R et al. Interim analysis of clinical trial of HPV-16/18-AS04 vaccine in Japan. Abstract presented at the 25th International Papillomavirus Conference, Malmö, Sweden, 8-14 May 2009.
• Background Verstraeten T, Descamps D, David MP, Zahaf T, Hardt K, Izurieta P, Dubin G, Breuer T. Analysis of adverse events of potential autoimmune aetiology in a large integrated safety database of AS04 adjuvanted vaccines. Vaccine. 2008 Dec 2;26(51):6630-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.09.049.
• Bergman H, Henschke N, Arevalo-Rodriguez I, Buckley BS, Crosbie EJ, Davies JC, Dwan K, Golder SP, Loke YK, Probyn K, Petkovic J, Villanueva G, Morrison J. Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Nov 24;11(11):CD015364. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015364.pub2.
• Chen J, Gopala K, Akarsh PK, Struyf F, Rosillon D. Prevalence and Incidence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection Before and After Pregnancy: Pooled Analysis of the Control Arms of Efficacy Trials of HPV-16/18 AS04-Adjuvanted Vaccine. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Dec 4;6(12):ofz486. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz486. eCollection 2019 Dec.
• Konno R, Yoshikawa H, Okutani M, Quint W, V Suryakiran P, Lin L, Struyf F. Efficacy of the human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine against cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical infection in young Japanese women. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014;10(7):1781-94. doi: 10.4161/hv.28712.
• Konno R, Tamura S, Dobbelaere K, Yoshikawa H. Efficacy of human papillomavirus type 16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine in Japanese women aged 20 to 25 years: final analysis of a phase 2 double-blind, randomized controlled trial. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2010 Jul;20(5):847-55. doi: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181da2128.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Aimmugen™	Unknown	—	Intramuscular
Subject	Cervarix	Vaccine	—	Intramuscular

Indications