Can one visit cover HPV and tetanus protection? a phase 3 trial puts the question to the test
NCT ID NCT07824310
First seen Sep 17, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are testing whether a quadrivalent HPV vaccine can be given at the same time as a tetanus-diphtheria booster in healthy children and adolescents aged 9 to 15 in Indonesia. The trial compares children who receive both vaccines together with those who receive the HPV vaccine alone. The main question is whether the combined schedule produces an HPV immune response that is not lower than the HPV-only schedule.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- A quadrivalent HPV vaccine given together with a tetanus-diphtheria booster vaccine
- What this could lead to
- If co-administration works, children could receive HPV and tetanus-diphtheria protection in fewer clinic visits, which may make it easier to complete both vaccine schedules.
- What could go wrong
- The trial may show that giving the two shots together weakens the immune response to HPV compared with giving the HPV vaccine alone. Combining vaccines can also increase short-term side effects like soreness or fever, and results in Indonesian children may not apply everywhere.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 266 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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9 to 15 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 9-15 years; 2. Healthy; 3. Subject/parent or LAR appropriately informed and consent/assent signed; 4. Willing to comply with investigator instructions and study schedule. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Concurrent/other trial; 2. Evolving illness/fever ≥37.5°C; 3. Allergy to vaccine components; 4. Uncontrolled coagulopathy/blood disorder contraindicating IM injection; 5. Recent treatment likely to alter immune response; 6. Pregnancy/breastfeeding; 7\. Abnormality/chronic disease interfering with objectives; 8. History of HPV/diphtheria/tetanus infection; 9. Previous HPV vaccination.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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RSUD Dr. Soetomo
Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
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