Dose-related Effectiveness of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Against Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study.

Freija Verdoodt, Christian Dehlendorff, Susanne K Kjaer

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020 Feb 03

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A reduced, 2-dose schedule of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has been endorsed for preadolescent women on the basis of immunogenicity data from randomized trials, and limited data suggest that even 1 dose may provide sufficient protection. Surveillance of the impact of <3 vaccine doses on clinical endpoints in the targeted age group is warranted. We conducted a nationwide cohort study of all women aged 17-25 years, living in Denmark between 2006 and 2016. From nationwide registries, we extracted individual-level data on vaccination with the quadrivalent HPV (qHPV) vaccine at 16 years or younger, number of doses administered, diagnoses of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse (CIN2+) or grade 3 or worse (CIN3+), and potential confounders. Using Poisson regression, we estimated incidence rate ratios (IRRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for CIN2+ and CIN3+, according to vaccination status. The cohort comprised 590 083 women, of which 215 309 (36%) women were vaccinated at ≤16 years, and among these, 40 742 (19%) received <3 vaccine doses. A total of 5561 women had a diagnosis of CIN3+. We found considerable vaccine effectiveness against CIN3+ after 1 (IRR, 0.38 [95% CI, .14-.98]), 2 (IRR, 0.38 [95% CI, .22-.66]), or 3 (IRR, 0.37 [95% CI, .30-.45]) vaccine doses, compared to unvaccinated women. Results were similar for CIN2+. We find substantial effectiveness of qHPV vaccination against high-grade cervical precancerous lesions, among women vaccinated with 1, 2, or 3 doses at ≤16 years of age. One-dose vaccination appeared to provide similar protection as 3-dose vaccination. © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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Freija Verdoodt, Christian Dehlendorff, Susanne K Kjaer. Dose-related Effectiveness of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Against Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2020 Feb 03;70(4):608-614