Matti Lehtinen, Jorma Paavonen, Cosette M Wheeler, Unnop Jaisamrarn, Suzanne M Garland, Xavier Castellsagué, S Rachel Skinner, Dan Apter, Paulo Naud, Jorge Salmerón, Song-Nan Chow, Henry Kitchener, Júlio C Teixeira, James Hedrick, Genara Limson, Anne Szarewski, Barbara Romanowski, Fred Y Aoki, Tino F Schwarz, Willy A J Poppe, Newton S De Carvalho, Maria Julieta V Germar, Klaus Peters, Adrian Mindel, Philippe De Sutter, F Xavier Bosch, Marie-Pierre David, Dominique Descamps, Frank Struyf, Gary Dubin
BACKGROUND: Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or greater (CIN2+) is the surrogate endpoint used in licensure trials of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines. Vaccine efficacy against CIN3+, the immediate precursor to invasive cervical cancer, is more difficult to measure because of its lower incidence, but provides the most stringent evidence of potential cancer prevention. We report vaccine efficacy against CIN3+ and adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) in the end-of-study analysis of PATRICIA (PApilloma TRIal against Cancer In young Adults)...
January 2012: Lancet Oncology