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A trial looking at a vaccine to prevent HPV infection, the cause of cervical cancer, in women aged 26 years and over (HPV 015)

Overview

Cancer types:

Cervical cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial was done to find out if a vaccine can prevent HPV infection in women aged 26 years and over.

The human papilloma viruses (HPVs) are a group of viruses. There are many different types of HPV, some of which can infect the cervix. The different types of virus have numbers to tell them apart.

Recruitment start: 1 February 2006

Recruitment end: 10 December 2010

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Dr Cruickshank

Professor Kitchener

Dr Savani

Dr Szarewski

Dr Lopes

Professor Fiander

Supported by

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Last reviewed: 29 April 2015

CRUK internal database number: 642

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