drugset / Trial / NCT01173900
Delivery, Uptake and Acceptability of HPV Vaccination in Tanzanian Girls
Phase 4
Completed
5532 enrolled
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Institut Català d' Oncologia, Spain · collabInternational Union Against Cancer, Switzerland · collabMedical Research Council Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, UK · collabNational Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania · collabOcean Road Cancer Institute, Tanzania · collab
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelPrevention
Summary
The aims of this study are: 1. To determine feasibility of a school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme in Tanzania. 2. To measure the uptake and acceptability of two different vaccination strategies in rural and urban schools. 3. To examine the characteristics of accepters/refusers of vaccination and to identify reasons for acceptance, refusal or non-completion. 4. To measure the cost of implementing a school-based HPV vaccination programme in Tanzania.
Timeline
- Start
- 2010-08
- Primary completion
- 2011-08
- Completion
- 2011-08
Publications
- Quentin W, Terris-Prestholt F, Changalucha J, Soteli S, Edmunds WJ, Hutubessy R, Ross DA, Kapiga S, Hayes R, Watson-Jones D. Costs of delivering human papillomavirus vaccination to schoolgirls in Mwanza Region, Tanzania. BMC Med. 2012 Nov 13;10:137. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-137.
- Watson-Jones D, Baisley K, Ponsiano R, Lemme F, Remes P, Ross D, Kapiga S, Mayaud P, de Sanjose S, Wight D, Changalucha J, Hayes R. Human papillomavirus vaccination in Tanzanian schoolgirls: cluster-randomized trial comparing 2 vaccine-delivery strategies. J Infect Dis. 2012 Sep 1;206(5):678-86. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jis407. Epub 2012 Jun 18.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gardasil | Vaccine | 0.5 ml | — |