Immunogenicity of GlaxoSmithKline Biological's Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine (580299) Versus Merck's Gardasil® in Healthy Females 18-45 Years of Age

Summary

HPV infection has been established as a necessary cause of cervical cancer. GSK Biologicals has developed an HPV-16/18 L1 VLP AS04 vaccine (Cervarix TM) which targets the 2 most common oncogenic HPV types (HPV-16 and HPV-18), found in \> 70%, approximately, of all cervical cancers. Recently, Merck's HPV vaccine Gardasil® \[quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV-6,11,16,18 L1 VLP) recombinant vaccine\] has been approved by the FDA for prevention of genital tract cancers and pre-cancers and genital warts in females. Although the GSK HPV vaccine and Gardasil® have different compositions and are expected to have different efficacy profiles, each vaccine targets prevention of HPV-16 and 18 genital tract cancers and pre-cancers. Therefore, a comparison of the immunogenicity of the two vaccines is warranted. This Phase 3b study is designed to compare the immunogenicity of the GSK vaccine (HPV-16/18) to Gardasil® in healthy adult females 18-45 years of age. The Protocol Posting has been updated as the study will be extended by 3 additional years.

Timeline

Start

2007-01-24

Primary completion

2008-03-07

Completion

2012-05-14

Publications

• Background Coursaget P et al. (2011) Priming as a basis for long-term protection and implications for HPV vaccination. Gynecologic Oncology. 121:S1-S9.
• Background Einstein MH, Baron M, Levin MJ, Chatterjee A, Edwards RP, Zepp F, Carletti I, Dessy FJ, Trofa AF, Schuind A, Dubin G; HPV-010 Study Group. Comparison of the immunogenicity and safety of Cervarix and Gardasil human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical cancer vaccines in healthy women aged 18-45 years. Hum Vaccin. 2009 Oct;5(10):705-19. doi: 10.4161/hv.5.10.9518. Epub 2009 Oct 14.
• Background Einstein MH, Baron M, Levin MJ, Chatterjee A, Fox B, Scholar S, Rosen J, Chakhtoura N, Meric D, Dessy FJ, Datta SK, Descamps D, Dubin G; HPV-010 Study Group. Comparative immunogenicity and safety of human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 vaccine and HPV-6/11/16/18 vaccine: follow-up from months 12-24 in a Phase III randomized study of healthy women aged 18-45 years. Hum Vaccin. 2011 Dec;7(12):1343-58. doi: 10.4161/hv.7.12.18281. Epub 2011 Dec 1.
• Background Einstein MH, Baron M, Levin MJ, Chatterjee A, Fox B, Scholar S, Rosen J, Chakhtoura N, Lebacq M, van der Most R, Moris P, Giannini SL, Schuind A, Datta SK, Descamps D; HPV-010 Study Group. Comparison of the immunogenicity of the human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 vaccine and the HPV-6/11/16/18 vaccine for oncogenic non-vaccine types HPV-31 and HPV-45 in healthy women aged 18-45 years. Hum Vaccin. 2011 Dec;7(12):1359-73. doi: 10.4161/hv.7.12.18282. Epub 2011 Dec 1.
• 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.
• Background Coursaget P et al. (2011) Priming as a basis for long-term protection and implications for HPV vaccination. Gynecologic Oncology . 121:S1-S9.
• Background Einstein MH, Levin MJ, Chatterjee A, Chakhtoura N, Takacs P, Catteau G, Dessy FJ, Moris P, Lin L, Struyf F, Dubin G; HPV-010 Study Group. Comparative humoral and cellular immunogenicity and safety of human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine and HPV-6/11/16/18 vaccine in healthy women aged 18-45 years: follow-up through Month 48 in a Phase III randomized study. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014;10(12):3455-65. doi: 10.4161/hv.36117.
• Background Einstein MH, Takacs P, Chatterjee A, Sperling RS, Chakhtoura N, Blatter MM, Lalezari J, David MP, Lin L, Struyf F, Dubin G; HPV-010 Study Group. Comparison of long-term immunogenicity and safety of human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine and HPV-6/11/16/18 vaccine in healthy women aged 18-45 years: end-of-study analysis of a Phase III randomized trial. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014;10(12):3435-45. doi: 10.4161/hv.36121.
• Background Schwarz TF, Kocken M, Petaja T, Einstein MH, Spaczynski M, Louwers JA, Pedersen C, Levin M, Zahaf T, Poncelet S, Hardt K, Descamps D, Dubin G. Correlation between levels of human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 and 18 antibodies in serum and cervicovaginal secretions in girls and women vaccinated with the HPV-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine. Hum Vaccin. 2010 Dec;6(12):1054-61. doi: 10.4161/hv.6.12.13399. Epub 2010 Dec 1.
• 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.

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