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Filter by:The purpose of the study is to determine the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and HPV type distribution among women aged >= 18 years, attending out-patient health services for gynaecological examination and who agree to HPV testing in Egypt .
Up to 30% of Canadian women do not participate in Pap smear screening for cervical cancer prevention despite many being members of family practices and having access to family physicians. One reason is reluctance to undergo pelvic examination. The investigators purpose is to determine whether the offer of vaginal self sample collection for oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) testing increases participation in cervical cancer screening compared to repeat reminder for Pap smear testing among female family practice members who have not previously responded to invitations for Pap testing.
Using health behavior theories and theories related to the effects of persuasive messages (i.e., inoculation theory), we plan to: 1. Systematically test the effects of brief persuasive message interventions on receipt of the first dose of HPV vaccine; and 2. evaluate the effects of the interventions on followup with subsequent doses of vaccine (using reminder notices with persuasive message content). One set of interventions will involve a comparison of a 1 sided message, which only emphasizes the positive aspects of a recommended behavior, with a 2 sided message, which presents negative aspects of the behavior followed by positive counterarguments. A second set of interventions will involve a test of a social compliance (foot-in-the-door technique, in which half of the parent participants will be asked to respond to a high compliance request (i.e., a request likely to generate high compliance, such as, "Do you want to protect your daughter from cancer? or for male children, "Do you want to protect your son from genital warts?"before subsequently being asked about actually having their adolescents vaccinated. The other half of the parents will not receive a high compliance request. Parents of 11-14 year old adolescents will be randomized to the two sets of interventions, resulting in a 2 X 2 design: message sidedness (1 sided; 2 sided) and social compliance request (yes; no). The specific aims of this proposal are to evaluate the 1) efficacy of 2 sided vs. 1 sided messages on rates of HPV vaccination; 2) the efficacy of a social compliance intervention on rates of HPV vaccination; and 3) potential moderators and mediators of message effect on vaccine acceptance.
Rationale: In march 2009 the Dutch Health Council advised to introduce general infant hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination in the Dutch national immunization program (NIP) {Gezondheidsraad 2009 #16914}. To reach the anticipated health benefits earlier, a catch-up vaccination in pre-adolescents should complement the program, for girls preferably combined with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination at the age of 12 years. Although the rationale is clear, particular aspects of combining HPV and HBV vaccination deserve further attention, especially as it has been shown that combining HPV and HBV vaccination results in reduced HBV immunogenicity/seroresponses {Wheeler, Bautista, et al. 2008 #17284}{Pedersen 2009 #16684}. The reason for this interference is unknown, but might be due to concomitant use of different antigens and/or adjuvants, possibly skewing immunity in opposite directions. Despite proven immunostimulatory effects, the use of (new) adjuvants has raised safety concern among the general public as well {Israeli, Agmon-Levin, et al. 2009 #16924}. Objective, Study design and Study population: In view of the observations and concerns mentioned above, further investigation into interference of HPV and HBV vaccination and adjuvant use is justified. In this context RIVM propose to study single vs simultaneous HBV and HPV vaccination in 11-12-year-old girls while monitoring antigen-related and antigen-unrelated immunological parameters. The anticipated results will elucidate the extent of interference between simultaneous HPV and HBV vaccination in the target group, and guide the choice for a HBV vaccine and schedule when the HBV catch-up program is indeed introduced. Furthermore, specific immunological trends post single and combined HPV and HBV vaccination will be elucidated, increasing the investigators comprehension of adjuvant use.
This is a post-licensure safety surveillance program to detect potential safety signals in subjects, from the managed care organizations database, who have used GARDASIL™.
This study will evaluate the tolerability and immunogenicity of administration of the first dose of V503 at the same time as Menactra™ and Adacel™ versus administration of V503 one month prior to administration of Menactra™ and Adacel™.
The purpose of this study is to provide data on the performance of the APTIMA HPV Assay in detecting HPV types that may cause cervical cancer.
The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence and type distribution of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in Tanzanian men.
The objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) by loop electrosurgical excision procedure using persistence of human papillomavirus (HPV) as outcome, and to perform a long-term follow-up on the ability of HPV testing, as compared to cytology, to predict recurrence of high-grade CIN.
This extension study is conducted to assess the efficacy of the GSK 580299 vaccine against cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) lesions, cervical cancer and cytological abnormalities associated with human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 and/or HPV-18 or other oncogenic HPV types for an additional two years. All subjects who participated in the primary vaccination study NCT00316693 and who confirmed their interest in participating in a long term follow up study will therefore be invited to be followed for up to 48 months after administration of the first dose of vaccine. In addition, safety and persistence of the humoral immune response will be evaluated in this study. This protocol posting deals with objectives & outcome measures of the extension phase at Months 36 and 48. The objectives & outcome measures of the primary phase are presented in a separate protocol posting (NCT number = NCT00316693).