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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2014 Jul 10;32(39):5087–5097. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.06.038

Table 4. Summary of Findings from Randomized Clinical Trials of Prophylactic Virus-Like Particle Human Papillomavirus Vaccines.

Bivalent vaccine trials (HPV-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine) Quadrivalent vaccine trials (HPV-6/11/16/18 vaccine)
Costa Rica Vaccine Trial (CVT)
Phase III; NCT00128661
Japan Efficacy Trial [26]
Phase II; NCT00316693/NCT00929526
PApilloma TRIal against Cancer In young Adults (PATRICIA) [6,28]
Phase III; NCT00122681
Pooled analysis from 2-3 studies [9,37-39]:
– 007: phase II; NCT n/a
– 013 (FUTURE I): phase III; NCT00092521
– 015 (FUTURE II): phase III; NCT00092534
Countries Community-based trial (Guanacaste; Costa Rica) Japan Multi-country trial (Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, and USA). Multi-country trials (Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, UK, USA)
Age 18–25 years 20–25 years 15–25 years 16–26 years
Total enrolled subjects 7,466 1,046 18,729 18,174 (protocols 007, 013 and 015)
Analytical cohort ATP cohort for efficacy: received 3 doses within protocol defined windows, HPV DNA negative for the HPV type under consideration at Months 0 and 6, no biopsy or treatment (Loop Electrosurgical Excisional Procedure) during the vaccination phase, no protocol violation ATP cohort for efficacy: received 3 doses within protocol defined windows, HPV DNA negative for the HPV type under consideration at Months 0 and 6, seronegative for the HPV type under consideration at Month 0, normal or low-grade cytology at Month 0, no protocol violation Per-protocol: received 3 doses within 1 year, PCR negative and seronegative to HPV-6, HPV-11, HPV-16, or HPV-18 at enrolment, remained PCR negative to the same vaccine HPV type (s), to which they were naïve at enrolment, through 1 month post-dose 3, no protocol violation
Endpoints CIN2+: CIN2, CIN3, adenocarcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma CIN2+: CIN2, CIN3, adenocarcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma CIN2+: CIN2, CIN3, adenocarcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma CIN2 or worse
Follow-up 48 months post-dose 1 48 months post-dose 1 48 months post-dose 1 42 months post-dose 1
Efficacy estimates
HPV-16/18 types Current Manuscript Konno et al. 2014 [26] Lehtinen et al. 2012 [6] Kjaer et al. 2009 [37]
Vaccine Control Vaccine Control Vaccine Control Vaccine Control
N 2,635 2,677 406 404 7,338 7,305 7,864 7,865
Cases 1 10 0 5 5 97 2 110
Efficacy (95% CI) 88.7% (31.3, 99.5)a 100% (-8.0, 100) 94.9% (87.7, 98.4) 98.2% (93.3, 99.8)b
Non-vaccine oncogenic types HPV-31, -33, -35, -39, -45, -51, -52, -56, -58, -59, -68/73 Current Manuscript HPV-31, -33, -35, -39, -45, -51, -52, -56, -58, -59, -68/73 [26] HPV-31, -33, -35, -39, -45, -51, -52, -56, -58, -59, -66, -68/73 [28] HPV-31, -33, -35, -39, -45, -51, -52, -56, -58, -59 [38,39]
Vaccine Control Vaccine Control Vaccine Control Vaccine Control
N 2,643 2,697 444 435 8,067 8,047 4,616 4,680
Cases 5 24 4 12 88 165 62 93
Efficacy (95% CI) 78.7% (47.1, 92.8)a 67.7% (-6.6, 92.4)c 46.8% (30.7, 59.4) 32.5% (6.0, 51.9)d
Irrespective of HPV Current Manuscript Konno et al., 2014 [26] Lehtinen et al., 2012 [6] Munoz et al., 2010 [9]
Vaccine Control Vaccine Control Vaccine Control Vaccine Control
N 2,643 2,697 254 251 5466 5642 4,616 4,680
Cases 8 33 3 11 61 172 77 136
Efficacy (95% CI) 75.3% (48.1, 89.3)a 73.9% (1.1, 95.3)e 64.9% (52.7, 74.2)e 42.7% (23.7, 57.3)d
a

Vaccine efficacy using exploratory definition described in the Methods section

b

Vaccine efficacy against HPV-6/11/16/18-related types for the quadrivalent vaccine

c

Vaccine efficacy in the ATP cohort for efficacy, regardless of baseline serostatus

d

Vaccine efficacy restricted to subjects who received ≥1 vaccine dose and, at enrolment, were HPV DNA negative for vaccine and nonvaccine types (31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58 and 59), seronegative for HPV-6, -11, -16 and -18, and had normal cytology

e

Vaccine efficacy in the TVC-naive cohort, i.e. women who received ≥1 vaccine dose and, at baseline, were HPV DNA negative for vaccine and nonvaccine types (31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66 and 68/73), seronegative for HPV-16 and -18, and had normal cytology

ATP: according-to-protocol; CI: Confidence Interval; CIN2+: cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 or more severe disease; n/a: not available; N: number of women in each arm considered in the analysis; TVC: total vaccinated cohort