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Study Assessing Risk of Autoimmune Diseases in Females (9 - 25 Years) Exposed to Cervarix® in United Kingdom

An Observational Cohort Study to Assess the Risk of Autoimmune Diseases in Adolescent and Young Adult Women Aged 9 to 25 Years Exposed to Cervarix® in the United Kingdom

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01953822
Enrollment
1053
Registered
2013-10-01
Start date
2013-10-31
Completion date
2014-08-31
Last updated
2016-12-26

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Conditions

Infections, Papillomavirus

Keywords

Observational, Cohort, Autoimmune disease, Cervarix®, Women aged 9 to 25 years, United Kingdom

Brief summary

This is an observational cohort study to assess the risk of autoimmune disease(s) within 12 months of receiving the first dose of Cervarix® in the exposed cohort and over a comparable period in the unexposed cohorts. This is an alternative study by GSK using the CPRD database in the UK to fulfil the US FDA safety commitment. The UK has had sufficient Cervarix® vaccination coverage during the period mid-September 2008 to 2011 to allow suitable data to be collected.

Detailed description

GSK's vaccine Cervarix® protects against Human Papilloma Virus Types-16 and 18-related pre-cancerous lesions. GSK is committed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a safety study to evaluate the incidence of new neurological and eye-related autoimmune diseases and other pre-specified autoimmune diseases in subjects receiving Cervarix® in the US. Because of the very low Cervarix® uptake in the US, the observational GSK study to address this commitment is due to be stopped, as it will take too long to recruit the target subjects. The unexposed male cohorts will be enrolled in order to assess a possible change over time in the incidence rate of new onset of autoimmune disease(s) (NOAD) in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink General Practitioner OnLine database (CPRD GOLD) independent of Cervarix® introduction. The cohorts will be frequency matched for the age (age class of one year) and practice region identifier at reference date (age at first dose of Cervarix). Additionally, the reference date (time = 0) for the vaccinated (exposed) cohort will be the date of the first dose of Cervarix® recorded in CPRD GOLD. The reference date for the unexposed (unvaccinated) cohorts will be a date randomly selected among the reference dates of the exposed subjects and minus 3 years for the historical cohorts. The other observational study model is a self-control case-series (SCCS) analysis for confirmed NOAD in the exposed female cohort, using a risk period of one year after the first Cervarix® dose, a control period of one year and a six month buffer period between risk and control periods. Human Papillomavirus Bivalent (Types 16 and 18) vaccine (recombinant) exposed cohort was investigated between 1-SEP-2008 and 31-AUG-2010. The unexposed concurrent male cohort was investigated between 1-SEP-2008 and 31-AUG-2010. Unexposed historical female and male cohorts were investigated between 1-SEP-2005 and 31-AUG-2007.

Interventions

OTHERData collection

Data collection from an existing electronic healthcare databases - Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) GOLD.

Sponsors

GlaxoSmithKline
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
9 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Note: Other vaccines are allowed in this study regardless of the time of administration and the time interval between subsequent doses. Inclusion criteria for the exposed female cohort: * Female aged from 9 to 25 years at the reference date (01 September 2008 through 31 August 2010). * Recorded in the CPRD GOLD for at least 12 months before the reference date. * The first dose of Cervarix received between 01 September 2008 through 31 August 2010, Full date (day/month/year) of Cervarix vaccination(s) available. * Subject defined as acceptable in CPRD GOLD. Inclusion criteria for the unexposed historical female cohort: * Female aged 9 to 25 years at the reference date (01 September 2005 through 31 August 2007). * Recorded in the CPRD GOLD for at least 12 months before the reference date. * Subject defined as acceptable in CPRD GOLD. Inclusion criteria for the unexposed concurrent male cohort: * Male aged 9 to 25 years at the reference date (01 September 2008 through 31 August 2010). * Recorded in the CPRD GOLD for at least 12 months before the reference date. * Subject defined as acceptable in CPRD GOLD. Inclusion criteria for the unexposed historical male cohort: * Male aged 9 to 25 years at the reference date (01 September 2005 through 31 August 2007). * Recorded in the CPRD GOLD for at least 12 months before the reference date. * Subject defined as acceptable in CPRD GOLD.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Occurrence of new onset of confirmed autoimmune disease for neuroinflammatory/ophthalmic autoimmune diseasesDuring the period of 1 year following administration of the first dose of Cervarix® (risk period) among an exposed cohort and during an equivalent time period in the unexposed cohortsNeuroinflammatory/ophthalmic autoimmune diseases: -Multiple Sclerosis; -Transverse myelitis; -Optic neuritis; -Guillain-Barré syndrome, including Miller Fisher syndrome and other variants; -Other demyelinating diseases: -Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, including site specific variants: e.g. non-infectious encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, myelitis, myeloradiculomyelitis; -AI peripheral neuropathies and plexopathies (including chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, multifocal motor neuropathy and polyneuropathies associated with monoclonalgammopathy); -Auto-immune uveitis;
Occurrence of new onset of confirmed autoimmune disease for other autoimmune diseasesDuring the period of 1 year following administration of the first dose of Cervarix® (risk period) among an exposed cohort and during an equivalent time period in the unexposed cohortsOther autoimmune diseases: -Systemic lupus erythematous; -Autoimmune (AI) disease with rheumatologic conditions: -Rheumatoid arthritis (RA);-Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA); -Still's disease; -Psoriatic arthritis; -Ankylosing Spondylitis; -AI haematological conditions: -Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP); -AI haemolytic anaemia; -AI endocrine conditions: -Type 1 diabetes mellitus; -AI thyroiditis including Hashimoto's disease, Graves' /Basedows' disease; -Inflammatory bowel / hepatic diseases: -Crohn's diseases; -Ulcerative colitis; -Autoimmune hepatitis;

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Occurrence of Guillain Barré syndrome (including Miller Fisher syndrome and other variants), and autoimmune haemolytic anaemiaWithin 2 months following the administration of the first dose of Cervarix®
Occurrence of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)Within six months following the administration of the first dose of Cervarix®
Occurrence of new onset of individual confirmed autoimmune diseaseWithin 1 year following the administration of the first dose of Cervarix®Occurrence of multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, optic neuritis, other demyelinating diseases, auto-immune uveitis, systemic lupus erythematous (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), Still's disease, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, type 1 diabetes mellitus, auto-immune thyroiditis (including Hashimoto's disease, Graves'/Basedows' disease), and inflammatory bowel / hepatic disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and autoimmune hepatitis)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026