Evaluating Gardasil HPV Vaccine Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses in People With and Without HIV
Recruiting · NCT06624839 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: University of Maryland, Baltimore
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, 9-valent
What this trial is about
This is a phase 2, open-label study to assess the immunogenicity of the 9-valent human papillomavirus (HPV) recombinant vaccine (Gardasil9) in people born male with current or past exposure to androgen blockers or estrogen (BM-EABE). Investigators will enroll BM-EABE with HIV and HIV negative controls (BM-EABE or men who have sex with a person with a penis (MSPP)) and administer Gardasil9 at timepoints Day 0, Month 2, and Month 6. The immune response to the vaccine will be analyzed at Month 7 (1 month following the final vaccine dose).
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
Male
Healthy volunteers
Yes - healthy volunteers may be accepted
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- 18 years old or older and 70 years old or younger
- Able to provide informed consent
- Denies history of prior HPV vaccination with Gardasil9 (receipt of HPV vaccination other than Gardasil9 such as the bivalent or the quadrivalent HPV vaccine will be allowed) or unsure of vaccination status and born before 2003
- Born Male
- For Test group: HIV-positive people born male with current or past exposure to androgen blockers or estrogen (BM-EABE)
- Living with HIV
- Current or past exposure to androgen blockers or estradiol
- For Control group: HIV-negative Control
- HIV negative
- Either: Current or past exposure to androgen blockers or estradiol; no current or past exposure to androgen blockers or estradiol AND had sex with a person with a penis in the last year
Exclusion criteria
- Younger than 18 years old or older than 70 years old.
- Self-reported or documented history of nine-valent HPV vaccine or unsure of vaccination status and born after 2003.
- Born female
- History of hypersensitivity, including severe reactions to yeast or other component of the vaccine.
- Any condition requiring systemic chemotherapy or immunomodulant affecting antibody responses (i.e., rituximab, ibrutinib etc.), intravenous or subcutaneous immunoglobulin supplementation, radiation therapy, or immunomodulatory treatment within the previous 6 months (presence of precancerous lesions is not exclusionary).
Where it is running
2 locations listed across 2 US states.
- RIIS Clinic at HIPS - Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- RIIS Clinic at Baltimore Safe Haven - Baltimore, Maryland, United States