Ten-year follow-up of human papillomavirus vaccine efficacy against the most stringent cervical neoplasia end-point—registry-based follow-up of three cohorts from randomized trials
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Abs Ac
Objec i e Due o long lag ime be ween in ec ion/
cance diagnoses human papilloma i us (HPV)
accina ion p og ams will deli e accine e icacy
(VE) es ima es agains cance end-poin s la e. Cance
egis y ollow-up o popula ion-based, andomised ial
coho s o accina ed and un accina ed women was
unde aken o he es ima ion o VE agains ce ical
in aepi helial neoplasia g ade h ee and in asi e cance
(CIN3+).
Me hods We epo in e im esul s wi h 98 561 pe son
yea s o Finnish Cance Regis y -based ollow-up o
indi idually and/o clus e andomised coho s o HPV-
16/18 accina ed and un accina ed adolescen women
en olled in June 2003/2005, and be ween May 2004
and Ap il 2005, espec i ely. The coho s comp ised
15 627 18- o 19-yea -old un accina ed women
(NCT01393470), and 2 401 and 64 16- o 17-yea -old
HPV-16/18 accina ed women pa icipa ing he PATRICIA
(NCT00122681) and HPV-012 (NCT00169494) ials,
espec i ely. The age-aligned passi e ollow-up s a ed
6 mon hs a e he clinical ials’ end.
esul s Du ing he ollow-up o 4.5 o 10 yea s
pos en olmen we iden i ied 75 cases o ce ical
in aepi helial neoplasia g ade 3 (CIN3) and 4 cases
o in asi e ce ical cance (ICC) in he un accina ed
coho , and 4 CIN3 cases in he HPV-16/18 accina ed
women. Diagnos ic blocks we e a ailable o HPV yping
om 87% o he cases. CIN3+ lesions we e de ec able
in 54 cases. HPV16 was ound in 26 o 50 un accina ed
CIN3+ cases, and in 3 CIN3+ cases in he HPV-16/18
accina ed women. The la e we e all baseline posi i e
o ce ical HPV16 DNA. Baseline da a was no a ailable
o he un accina ed women. In en ion- o- ea VE
agains any CIN3+ was 66% (95% CI 8, 88).
conclusions Ten yea s pos accina ion he AS04-
adju an ed HPV-16/18 accine shows con inued e icacy
agains CIN3+ i espec i ely o HPV ype. Vaccine e icacy
was no obse ed in baseline HPV16 DNA posi i e subjec s.
ial egis a ion numbe NCT01393470.
In Oduc IOn
High- isk (h ) human papilloma i uses
(HPVs) cause up o 9% and 1% o cance s
in emales and males.1 Bi alen , quad i-
alen and nona alen accines agains
HPV ypes 16/18, 6/11/16/18, and
6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52/58, espec-
i ely, ha e an accep able sa e y p o ile and
a e highly e icacious agains a numbe
o in ec ions wi h h HPVs and associa ed
p ecance s.2–6 P oo o accine e icacy (VE)
agains HPV-associa ed cance s is, howe e ,
no easy o each due o he long lag ime
be ween exposu e o he i us and diagnosis
o he associa ed cance . This phenomenon
is no uncommon, and has o ins ance
hinde ed he de e mina ion o VE agains
hepa i is B i us (HBV) associa ed hepa ocel-
lula ca cinoma, since he ime lag be ween
i us exposu e and diagnosis o ca cinoma is
15 o 25.7 8
P o ing he concep o accine induced
p o ec ion agains (one o ) he majo
Ten-yea ollow-up o human
papilloma i us accine e icacy agains
he mos s ingen ce ical neoplasia
end-poin — egis y-based ollow-up o
h ee coho s om andomized ials
Ma i Leh inen,1,2 Camilla Lagheden,2 Tapio Luos a inen,2 Tiina E iksson,1
Dan Ap e ,3 Ka ja Ha jula,1 Ma jo Kuo i,1 Ka i Na unen,1 Johanna Palm o h,1
Tiina Pe äjä,1 Ee o Pukkala,4 Ma i Sii a i-Ma ila,1 F ank S uy ,5 Pekka Nieminen,6
Jo ma Paa onen,6 Ga y Dubin,7 Joakim Dillne 2
To ci e: Leh inenM,
LaghedenC, Luos a inenT,
e al. Ten-yea ollow-up o
human papilloma i us accine
e icacy agains he mos
s ingen ce ical neoplasia
end-poin — egis y-based
ollow-up o h ee coho s om
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1Uni e si y o Tampe e, Tampe e,
Finland
2Depa men o Labo a o y
Medicine, Ka olinska Ins i u e,
S ockholm, Sweden
3VL-Medi, Helsinki, Finland
4Finnish Cance Regis y,
Helsinki, Finland
5GSK Biologicals, Wa e,
Belgium
6Uni e si y o Helsinki, Helsinki,
Finland
7Takeda Pha maceu icals
In e na ional, Zu ich, Swi ze land
co espondence o
D Ma i Leh inen;
ma i. leh inen@ u a. i
Resea ch
s eng hs and limi a ions o his s udy
►Coun y-wide cance egis y ollow-up o sizeable
andomised coho s o HPV accina ed and
un accina ed women o 100.000 pe son yea s (up
o10 yea s pos accina ion) p o ides mos eliable
accine e icacy es ima es agains cance ous end-
poin s.
►Re ie al o mos diagnos ic his opa hological blocks
and s a e-o -science iden i ica ion o he causal HPV
ype in he lesion enable iden i ica ion o HPV ype-
speci ic accine e icacy es ima es.
►The pe p o ocol de ined in e im analysis has limi ed
s a is ical powe .
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HPV-associa ed cance s, i.e., in si u and in asi e ce ical
ca cinoma is no only o concep ual bu also o p ac ical
impo ance. I would gua an ee he impac o p ima y
cance p e en ion ia p ophylac ic HPV accina ion,
guide a ge ing his p ophylaxis, and p o ide he scien-
i ic basis o unde s anding how and when such p oo
will be a ailable o o he HPV-associa ed cance s such
as non-ce ical anogeni al cance s, and head and neck
cance s.
Ou objec i e is o de e mine VE agains ce ical
cance . To accomplish his we iden i y in asi e ce ical
cance (ICC) and in aepi helial neoplasia g ade 3
(CIN3+) incidence in passi e, popula ion-based cance
egis y ollow-up o a andomised clinical HPV accine
ial coho (PATRICIA),4 and a clus e - andomised
con ol coho en olled in 2003-2005.9–11 The ollow-up
o o iginally adolescen emales has p e iously p o en
o be easible.12 Wi h he obse ed CIN3+ incidence o
93.4/100 000 in he con ol coho ,12 which equals ha
o he Finnish emale popula ion o simila age 99.5/100
000,12 i is well powe ed o e i y 65% VE agains CIN3+
and ICC, 10 and 15 yea s pos accina ion, espec i ely.9–12
We epo in e im esul s on he e icacy o he bi alen
HPV16/18 accine agains o e all and HPV ype-speci ic
CIN3+ end-poin s.
Me hOds
S udy design and E hics Ou clus e - andomised
ollow-up s udy in ol es sepa a e bi h coho s o clinical
ial pa icipan s4 12 13 aged 16–17 yea s and un accina ed
non-pa icipan s9 10 aged 18–19 yea s assigned acco ding
o he s a o PATRICIA14 ial in May 2004 by ML ( he
p incipal in es iga o o phase III HPV accina ion
ials in Finland). The o me we e also indi idually
andomised.13 The ials, es ablishing he un accina ed
con ol coho and hei Finnish Cance Regis y (FCR)
–based ollow-up we e app o ed by he Finnish Na ional
E hical Re iew Boa d (TUKIJA: 1174/2004 and
1153/2003), espec i ely
The s udy in ol ed consecu i e ec ui men o adjacen ,
pa ially o e lapping bi h coho s subjec ed o i) HPV
accina ion and 4 yea s o clinical ollow-up including
ce ical cy ological sampling (bi h coho s Q2/1986 o
Q1/1988), o ii) 4 yea s o clinical ollow-up including
ce ical cy ological sampling (bi h coho s Q2/1986 o
Q1/1988), and iii) un accina ed and no in e en ion
(bi h coho s Q3/1984 o Q2/1985, and bi h coho s
Q3/1985 o Q2/1987). The in e en ion measu ed was
accina ion wi h he AS04-adju an ed HPV-16/18 accine
agains no accina ion wi h he end-poin : ce ical
in aepi helial neoplasia g ade h ee o in asi e ce ical
cance (CIN3+). The end-poin s we e his opa holog-
ically diagnosed 0–4 yea s pos accina ion (du ing he
ac i e ollow-up), 4–4.5 yea s pos accina ion (du ing
he in e mi en pe iod be ween he ac i e ollow-up and
he passi e ollow-up), o 4.5–10 yea s pos accina ion
(du ing he passi e ollow-up).
Pa ien in ol emen Pa ien s (wi h ce ical neoplasia /
condyloma) we e no in ol ed in he design o his s udy
in 2000. A s udy on he easibili y o popula ion-based
en olmen was done in 1998.14
En olmen S a ing in May 2004 o iginally all 24
046 (Q2/1986-Q1/1988 bo n) 16–17 yea old Finnish
emales esiden in 17 ial communi ies we e sen in i-
a ions o pa icipa e o he PATRICIA ial (HPV-008,
NCT00122681) on he immunogenici y, sa e y and e i-
cacy o he AS04-adju an ed HPV-16/18 accine agains
HPV16/18 posi i e CIN2+ ( igu e 1). By June 2005 a
o al o 4 808 women pa icipa ed. They we e andomly
assigned o HPV-16/18 o hepa i is A- i us (HAV) accina-
ion in 1:1 a io o ecei e h ee doses o he HPV-16/18
accine o he HAV accine a mon hs 0, 1 and 6, ollowed
by se en ac i e ollow-up isi s wi h 6 mon h in e al up o
4 yea s.4 13 In addi ion, 64 16–17 yea olds ecei ed 3 doses
o he HPV-16/18 accine by May 2005 in a concomi an
HPV-012 ial which ended 4 yea s la e .15
Following he end o he ac i e ollow-up in May 2009,
app oxima ely 50% o he HAV- accine ecipien s chose
HPV-16/18 c oss- accina ion du ing 2009–2010. H HPV
DNA posi i es a he las PATRICIA ial isi (215 om
he HPV-16/18 coho and 318 om he HAV coho )
con inued ac i e clinical ollow-up (HPV-052 s udy
p o ocol) o app oxima ely 1.9 yea s a e he end o he
PATRICIA ial. They had annual HPV es ing cy ology
un il HPV DNA nega i e o exi colposcopy a e 4 yea s.
An un accina ed con ol coho om en i e adjacen
bi h coho s o 18–19 yea olds was ec ui ed in i ing 30
947 and 58 996 in May/June 2003/5 by he Finnish Popu-
la ion Regis e Cen e as desc ibed (NCT01393470).9–11
All PATRICIA4 13 and ea lie Fu u e12 ial pa icipan s
we e excluded om he con ol coho . The e we e no
heal hca e in e en ions a ge ed o he con ol coho .
Follow-up Bo h he accina ed and un accina ed
con ol coho s esponded a he age o 22–23 yea s o
a ques ionnai e on li e habi s wi h special emphasis on
sexual heal h, ha is, a he beginning o he passi e
egis y-based ollow-up.16 17 Oppo unis ic accina ion
by Ga dasil o Ce a ix accines a e hei licensu es in
2006 and 2007 was conside ed based on ques ionnai es in
2007 and 2009, and among he accina ed PATRICIA and
HPV-012 ial coho s in 2010. In addi ion, i al s a us and
emig a ion we e upda ed un il he end o 2014.
In i a ions o ce ical sc eening we e sen o all s udy
pa icipan s a he age o 25 yea s, also in communi ies
which o ganise he sc eening om age 30 onwa ds. Wi h
o e -lapping ime-windows o 5.5 yea s we age-aligned he
passi e ollow-up o he di e en bi h coho s.12
The s udy ou comes we e CIN3+ lesions diagnosed
du ing he passi e ollow-up. Acco ding o local s an-
da d o ca e, women wi h cy ological abno mali ies
we e e e ed o colposcopy biopsy o his opa hological
diagnosis wi hin a 6 mon h pe iod ollowing cy ology.18
Thus, he passi e, Finnish Cance Regis y (FCR) -based
ollow-up was s a ed 6 mon hs a e he end o ac i e
clinical ollow-up o he PATRICIA (and 052) ial and
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Figu e 1 Conso diag am wi h ele an in i a ion, en olmen and exclusion c i e ia/s eps.*Due o mig a ion no eligible o
Finnish Cance Regis y ollow-up.
Table 1 Sample size and powe calcula ions o a egis y-based ollow-up s udy on he e icacy o human papilloma i us
(HPV) ype 16/18 accine agains ce ical in aepi helial neoplasia g ade h ee and in asi e cance (CIN3+). (A)Requi ed
sample sizes o he cance - egis y ollow-up phase III ial coho s assuming 90% accine e icacy agains CIN3+ (s a is ical
powe : 1-β=80%, α=0.05) and 10 yea s o ollow-up.(B) S a is ical powe wi h ac ua ial*† sample sizes o he cance - egis y
ollow-up o phase III ial coho s assuming 50%, 70% and 90% HPV accine e icacy (VE) agains CIN3+
Cumula i e incidence % Ca ego y Design 1:3 Design 1:4
0.2 HPV accina ed/un accina ed 3 990/11 970 3 880/15 520
0.4 HPV accina ed/un accina ed 1 773/5 319 1 685/6 740
0.6 HPV accina ed/un accina ed 936/2 808 889/3 556
0.8 HPV accina ed/un accina ed 795/2 385 755/3 220
1.2 HPV accina ed/un accina ed 495/1 485 470/1 880
Cumula i e incidence% Ca ego y VE 50% VE 70% VE90%
0.3 HPV accina ed*/un accina ed† 0.203 0.441 0.825
0.6 HPV accina ed*/un accina ed† 0.447 0.847 0.998
0.9 HPV accina ed*/un accina ed† 0.657 0.973 1.000
1.2 HPV accina ed*/un accina ed† 0.805 0.996 1.0000
*2465 HPV-16/18 accina ed and†15 627 un accina ed women ollowed up o up o 10 yea s pos accina ion by a popula ion-based
cance egis y
012 ials. Fo he con ol coho he passi e ollow-up
was age-aligned by a compa able ime-pe iod.12 Based
on age-speci ic incidence o CIN3+ in he Finnish emale
popula ion (www. cance . i) he en olled coho s o
HPV-16/18 accina ed women and con ol women exceed
he numbe s equi ed o a leas 80% powe o iden-
i y s a is ically signi ican 65% accine e icacy agains
CIN3+.9 10 An in e im analysis o CIN3+ was planned o
ake place a e 5 yea s o passi e ollow-up, and he inal
analysis o ICC a e 10 yea s o passi e ollow-up.
The FCR is popula ion-based and ecei es cance no i i-
ca ions om he en i e coun y wi h 100% co e age, and
80% co e age o CIN3 (www. cance . i). Indi idually, he
passi e ollow-up o he di e en coho s ex ended un il
10 yea s pos accina ion o om he eceip o in o med
consen (un accina ed women) up o he end o 2014.
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Table 2 Demog aphic cha ac e is ics o he coho s subjec ed o Finnish Cance Regis y ollow-up.
Ca ego y
HPV-16/18 accina ed
(n=2 472)
HAV- accina ed
(n=2 399)
Un accina ed
(n=15 627)
Age a en olmen 16–17 yea s 16–17 yea s 18–19 yea s
Age a passi e ollow-up 22–28 yea s 22–28 yea s 22–28 yea s
Response a e* 1 107 (46.5%) 1 010 (42.1%) 7 118 (45.5%)
Sexual debu (mean age) 15.8 yea s 16.0 yea s 16.4 yea s
No. o li e- ime pa ne s
0 37 (3.3%) 32 (3.2%) 400 (5.6%)
1 143 (12.9%) 146 (14.5%) 1 335 (18.8%)
2 131 (11.8%) 114 (11.3%) 750 (10.5%)
3–9 511 (46.2%) 458 (45.3%) 3 023 (42.4%)
10 o mo e 284 (25.7%) 257 (25.4%) 1 588 (22.3%)
No. o pa ne s in he pas
12 mon hs
0 531 (49.8%) 507 (50.2%) 3 848 (54.1%)
1 237 (21.4%) 230 (22.8%) 1 365 (19.2%)
2 111 (10.1%) 92 (9.1%) 580 (8.1%)
h ee o mo e 170 (15.4%) 145 (14.4%) 914 (12.8%)
Use o con acep ion
BCP (e e ) 1 028 (92.9%) 920 (91.1%) 6 017 (84.5%)
Condom†
use 298 (26.9%) 261 (25.8%) 2 004 (28.2%)
no use 787 (71.1%) 728 (72.1%) 4 977 (69.5%)
No con acep ion 1 (0.1%) 5 (0.5%) 56 (0.8%)
* e u ned ques ionnai es a he age o 22–23 yea s when he passi e ollow-up was s a ed
†las yea
Table 3 Incidence a e (/100 000 women yea s) o ce ical in aepi helial neoplasia g ade h ee and in asi e cance (CIN3+) in
clus e - andomised coho s o 16- o 17-yea -old HPV-16/18 accine ecipien s, and un accina ed o iginally 18- o 19 yea old
women. Passi e ollow- up was by he popula ion-based Finnish Cance Regis y up o 10 yea s pos accina ion.
End poin o he
ollow-up
Vaccine Con ol
N Pe son y s n Ra e* N Pe son y s n Ra e*
FCR egis e ed CIN3+ diagnoses
Ac i e 2472 10199 – – 15 665 62628 – –
In e mi en 2 466 1 232 1 81 15 634 7 815 – –
Passi e 2465 12 561 4 32 15 627 85 328 79 93
KI e- e iewed CIN3+ diagnoses
In e mi en 2 466 1 232 1 81 15 634 7 815 – –
Passi e 2 465 12 561 3 24 15 627 85 328 50 59
Ac i e (0–4 yea s), In e mi en (4–4.5 yea s), Passi e (4.5–10 yea s)
*incidence/100 000 women yea s
Following Finnish na ional e hical commi ee clea -
ances in 2003 and 2004, egis e s o HPV-16/18 accina ed
and un accina ed coho s we e es ablished and ha e
since been main ained a he Uni e si y o Tampe e.9 10
Pe mission o link hese egis e s wi h he FCR o he
iden i ica ion new cance cases un il 2024 was ob ained
om he Finnish Ins i u e o Heal h & Wel a e in 2004.
Fo he in e im analysis he age-aligned HPV-16/18
accine (n=2 465) and he un accina ed con ol
coho (n=15 627) we e linked using pe sonal iden i-
ie s wi h he FCR o de e mine he incidence (pe 100
000 pe son yea s) o CIN3 and ICC (CIN3+) du ing
he o e lapping 5.5 yea ollow-up pe iods o passi e
ollow-up.
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Table 4 Cha ac e is ics o 5 CIN3 cases iden i ied among he 2 466 ecipien s o he HPV-16/18 accine in he Finnish Cance
Regis y –based passi e long- e m ollow-up o he clinical ial pa icipan s be ween 4.5 and 10 yea s pos accina ion.
Age a
en olmen
Baseline ce icalHPV
DNA s a us
Numbe o doses
ecei ed in 2004-20 Da e o diagnosis
d-poin (CIN3) HPV
DNA s a us
HPV-052
pa icipan
16 yea s HPV16 h ee doses Sep 2010 HPV16 no
17 yea s HPV16 h ee doses May 2012 HPV16 no
17 yea s HPV16 h ee doses Ma 2013 HPV16 no
16 yea s HPV31 h ee doses Ap 2013 n.a. yes*
17 yea s HPV16 h ee doses Ma 2012 HPV16 yes†
*One HPV DNA es a e he end o he PATRICIA ial 3.5 yea s be o e he CIN3+ diagnosis
†CIN3+ diagnosis made be o e s a o he passi e ollow-up
His opa hological block e ie al and e-analysis Diag-
nos ic, o malin- ixed his opa hological blocks we e
iden i ied by he pe mission o Val i a, a depa men o
he Finnish Minis y o Heal h and Social Wel a e. An
expe ienced pa hologis con i med ha he e ie ed
a chi al diagnos ic block con ained a CIN3+ lesion. All
eligible blocks we e sec ioned acco ding o a PCR-p oo
manne as desc ibed.19 Ex ac ion, ampli ica ion and
yping o he lesional HPV DNA was pe o med as p e i-
ously desc ibed.19
S a is ic analysis Vaccine e icacy (VE) was calcula ed
as 1 - incidence a e in accina ed / incidence a e in
un acc ina ed ollowing he in en ion- o- ea (ITT) p in-
ciple including all indi iduals ega dless o baseline HPV
s a us ecei ing a leas one HPV-16/18 accine dose in
he a m o HPV accina ed using s a is ical so wa e SAS
9.4 so wa e (SAS Ins i u e, Ca y, NC, USA) acco ding o
Ewell20 and Chan.21 The 95% con idence in e als we e
based on exac binomial dis ibu ion o numbe o acci-
na ed cases condi ional on o al numbe o cases.20 21
esul s
Be ween May 2004 and June 2005 a o al o 4 808
16–17 yea -old Finnish women pa icipa ed he PATRICIA
(HPV-008) ial ( igu e 1). Concomi an ly, 64 16–17 yea
old Finnish emales ecei ed he AS04-adju an ed
HPV-16/18 accine in an HPV-012 immunogenici y
ial. In May o June 2003 and 2005 espec i ely 6 790
and 10 220 18–19 yea old non-HPV accina ed women
esponded o a heal h ques ionnai e and consen ed
o he passi e egis y-based ollow-up. Only he 15 627
women who we e willing o pa icipa e in an HPV accina-
ion ial p o ided ha hey we e o app op ia e age, and
e ained hei consen o 10 yea s we e eligible o he
con ol coho o un accina ed women ( igu e 1). The
ac ua ial numbe s o accina ed and un accina ed s udy
pa icipan s ollowed up o 10 yea s yielded su icien
s a is ical powe o he main s udy ou come: VE agains
o e all CIN3+ ( able 1).
The demog aphics o he HPV-16/18 accine and
con ol coho s did no di e excep o he bi h coho
( able 2). The p opo ions o e e use s o o al con a-
cep i es and he numbe o sexual pa ne s we e sligh ly
highe , and he ime o sexual debu was sligh ly lowe
in he accina ed women as compa ed wi h he un acci-
na ed women. The sizeable coho s o un accina ed and
HPV-16/18 accina ed women o ITT-analysis esul ed
in 98 561 yea s o ollow-up. Mix u e o c oss- accina ion
and con inua ion o ac i e ollow-up in he HAV accine
a m p ecluded i om he passi e long- e m ollow-up.
Re- e iew o all he 84 CIN3+ cases was pe o med
in 87 pe cen o he cases. The p esence o CIN3+ was
con i med in 74 pe cen o he diagnos ic blocks a ail-
able ( able 3). Th ee o he 4 CIN3 cases iden i ied
du ing he passi e ollow-up among he HPV-16/18 acci-
na ed indi iduals could be con i med in he e- e iew.
All we e baseline (p e- accina ion) posi i e o ce ical
HPV16 DNA, and HPV16 DNA was iden i ied also in he
diagnos ic blocks con aining he CIN3 lesion ( able 4).
The ou h CIN3 case was baseline HPV31 DNA posi i e
bu no diagnos ic block was a ailable. One CIN3 case was
diagnosed du ing he p olonged ollow-up in he 052
s udy.
All he CIN3+ cases we e ound in he FCR ollow-up
be ween 4.5 o 10 yea s pos accina ion. Iden i ica-
ion o 4 and 79 cases yielded o e all CIN3+ incidence
a es o 32/100 000 and 93/100 000 women yea s in
he HPV-16/18 accina ed coho and he un accina ed
coho , espec i ely. This esul ed in 66% (95%CI 8,
88) o e all VE agains CIN3+, i espec i ely o HPV
ype ( able 4). Fo he e- e iewed ma e ial he co e-
sponding o e all VE agains CIN3+ was 59% (95%CI
−26, 85).
In he wo coho s, HPV16 was ound in all he h ee
HPV-16/18 accina ed CIN3 cases and in 52% (26) o he
un accina ed CIN3+ cases ha we e a ailable and eligible
o HPV DNA yping ( able 5). VEs agains HPV16 o
HPV16/18 associa ed CIN3+ we e low ( able 5). The VE
es ima e agains o he han HPV16 clade A9 HPV ype,
including 31/33/52/58, associa ed CIN3+ inc eased om
53% o 100% when CIN3+ lesions wi h HPV16 co-in ec-
ion we e excluded om he analysis ( able 5). Numbe s
o clade A7 o o he non clade A9 HPV ypes we e small.
The e we e no heal hca e in e en ions a ge ed o
he con ol coho , and he cance - egis y ollow-up was
passi e. No ha m was caused in his s udy.
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Table 5 Vaccine e icacy (VE, 95% CI) agains ce ical in aepi helial neoplasia g ade h ee and in asi e cance (CIN3+) associa ed wi h accine and/o non- accine HPV
ypes in women accina ed in 2004/2005 wi h he HPV-16/18 accine be ween ages 16- o 17 yea s and in an age-aligned con ol coho o o iginally 18- o 19-yea -old
women passi ely ollowed ia Finnish Cance Regis y o up o 10 yea s pos accina ion.
End-poin (CIN3+)
Vaccine Con ol
N Pe son y s n Ra e# N Pe son y s n Ra e# VE (95% CI)
HPV16 2 465 12 561 3 24 15 627 85 328 26 30 22 −160 o73
HPV18 2 465 12 561 – – 15 627 85 328 3 3.5 100 −1500 o100
HPV16/18 2 465 12 561 3 24 15 627 85 328 28 33 27 −140 o74
HPVA9 2 465 12 561 3 24 15 627 85 328 43 50 53 −48 o83
HPVA9* 2 465 12 561 – – 15 627 85 328 17 20 100 −65 o100
HPVA9/A7† 2 465 12 561 – – 15 627 85 328 18 21 100 −55 o100
HPV31/33/45 2 465 12 561 – – 15 627 85 328 13 15 100 −120 o100
All p o ec ed HPV ypes‡ 2 465 12 561 3 24 15 627 85 328 41 48 50 −60 o82
All p o ec ed HPV ypes§ 2 465 12 561 – – 15 627 85 328 13 15 100 −120 o100
All non-p o ec ed HPVs¶ 2 465 12 561 – – 15 627 85 328 6 7.0 100 -480 o100
All de ec ed HPV ypes 2 465 12 561 3 24 15 627 85 328 46 54 56 −38 o84
All de ec ed HPV ypes**† 2 465 12 561 – – 15 627 85 328 18 21 100 −55 o100
To al†† 2 465 12 561 3 24 15 627 85 328 50 56 59 −26 o85
To al all§§ 2 465 12 561 4 32 15 627 85 328 79 66 66 8.4 o88
A9=HPV16/31/33/35/52/58, A7=HPV18/39/45/59/68,
All accine p o ec ed HPV ypes: 6/11/16/18/31/33/45/51/74,
All non- accine p o ec ed HPV ypes: 34/35/39/40/42/43/44/52/53/54/56/58/59/66,/68/73 and 70
*(excluding co-in ec ions wi h 16)
†(excluding co-in ec ions wi h 16/18)
‡HPV6/11/16/18/31/33/45/51/74
§HPV6/11/31/33/45/51/74 (excluding co-in ec ions wi h 16/18)
¶HPV34/35/39/40/42/43/44/52/53/54/56/58/59/66/68/70/73 (excluding co-in ec ions wi h 16/18),
**HPV posi i e and HPV nega i e
††o iginal FCR egis e ed CIN3+ diagnoses
§§incidence/100 000 women yea s
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dIscussIOn
Ten yea s pos accina ion we ound s a is ically signi i-
can VE o 66% o he HPV-16/18 accine agains any
CIN3+ in passi e cance egis y -based ollow-up o ou
popula ion-based coho s comp ising mo e han 18 000
o iginally 16- o 19 yea old women.
Ou in e im ITT es ima es o VE agains any CIN3+ a e
in line wi h wha we epo ed abou he 4 yea ollow-up
o he o al accina ed coho (TVC) om he PATRICIA
ial: VE was 45.3%.4 Wi h he close o 100.000 ollow-up
yea s and FCR –based ollow-up, ou 80% powe , 0.6%
cumula i e CIN3+ incidence and 70% VE assump ions9 10
we e conse a i e. Re ie al and e iew o he his o-
pa hological blocks we e impo an quali y con ol s eps
o he HPV yping which, e en i in o ma i e, was no
always possible. I also di e si ied he end-poin s yielding
e y wide con idence in e als. Howe e , e en wi h he
educed numbe o HPV yped cases he o e all CIN3+
VE es ima e o 59% (CI included 0) was compa able wi h
he abo e Finnish Cance Regis y in o ma ion-based
es ima e. Un o una ely, he lack o baseline da a o
he un accina ed coho p ecluded he TVC-nai e (ie,
baseline HPV nega i e) ype o analyses which ea lie
demons a ed a e y high (93.2%) VE agains any CIN3,
i espec i ely o HPV ype in he PATRICIA ial 4 yea s
pos accina ion.4
One limi a ion was ha some HPV-16/18 accina ed
women (8.3%) also pa icipa ed in he HPV-052 s udy,
he e ec s o which may ha e been con adic o y. In one
o hese women annual HPV DNA sc eening may ha e
led o an ea lie de ec ion o he CIN3 lesions, iden i-
ied in he FCR ollow-up, due o he high sensi i i y o
HPV DNA sc eening compa ed wi h con en ional oppo -
unis ic cy ology.22 On he o he hand, emo al o an
ea lie CIN lesion in an HPV-052 pa icipan could heo-
e ically ha e led o excision o a lesion ha migh ha e
su aced as CIN3+ in he FCR ollow-up. ITT analysis o
he en i e coho s o HPV-16/18 accina ed and un acci-
na ed women pa icipa ing in he passi e ollow-up does
no allow dis inguishing be ween hese wo al e na i es
bu is a conse a i e app oach. Mos impo an ly o
he alidi y o he ongoing long- e m ollow-up, all ou
accina ed and un accina ed s udy subjec s we e in i ed
o o ganised cy ological sc eening isi s a he age o 25
yea s. Mo eo e , oppo unis ic HPV accina ion among
he un accina ed con ols ollowing he licensu e o he
quad i alen Ga dasil and bi alen Ce a ix HPV accines
in 2006 and 2007, espec i ely has been negligible (da a
no shown).
We ound only a ela i ely low long- e m accine e i-
cacy agains HPV-16/18 posi i e CIN3+. This was because
se e al baseline, p e- accina ion HPV16 posi i e accine
ecipien s, de eloped HPV16 posi i e CIN3 du ing he
10 yea s o pos accina ion ollow-up. The HPV-16/18
AS04-adju an ed accine,6 does no p o ec agains he
HPV16 posi i e CIN3+ i i al in ec ion al eady exis s and
pe sis en HPV16 in ec ion has been es ablished. The low
e icacy obse ed in he PATRICIA ial among baseline
posi i es al eady poin ed o his di ec ion.23 Vaccina ion
o adul women24 o whom up o 30+% al eady ha e been
exposed o h HPV in ec ion may no be he mos e ec i e
HPV accina ion s a egy.
In conclusion, en yea s pos accina ion he AS04-ad-
ju an ed HPV-16/18 accine shows con inued e icacy
agains CIN3+ i espec i ely o HPV ype. Ou esul s
also sugges ha he wide c oss-p o ec i e e icacy o
he HPV-16/18 accine epo ed in clinical ials agains
HPV ypes 31/33/454 5 is ue o he associa ed CIN3+
end-poin in he long- e m con ex . I is wa an ed o
con inue he long- e m ollow-up o he HPV accina-
ion ial coho s o mo e accu a e HPV ype-speci ic
CIN3+ end-poin s and all HPV-associa ed in asi e cance
end-poin s.
Acknowledgemen s The e ie al o his opa hological blocks om 21 Finnish
pa hology labo a o ies is g a e ully acknowledged.
con ibu o s Con ibu o s ML, GD, JPaa, EP and FS designed he s udy. ML and
EP pa icipa ed in planning he s a is ical analysis. TL did he s a is ical analyses.
DA, MK, JPa, TP and MS-M conduc ed he s udy as s udy doc o s, and TE and KN
coo dina ed he s udy. KH, TE and EP we e esponsible o he egis y linkages.
CL, PN, and JD we e esponsible o he lab analyses. ML and JPaa w o e he i s
d a o he manusc ip , all he co-au ho s con ibu ed o he w i ing in impo an
in ellec ual con en by e isions and commen s.
Funding GlaxoSmi hKline Biologicals SA (Belgium), Academy o Finland, Finnish
Cance O ganiza ions and he Swedish Cance Socie y
compe ing in e es s DA, ML, JP and JD ha e ecei ed g an s om GSK g oup o
companies and/o Me ck & Co. Inc. h ough hei employe s (DA, Family Fede a ion
Finland; ML; Uni e si y o Tampe e; JP and PN Uni e si y o Helsinki; JD and ML,
Ka olinska Ins i u e) o HPV accina ion s udies. GD was and FS is employee o
GSK g oup o companies. FS has ecei ed sha es and s ock op ions om he GSK
g oup o companies.
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