One shot may shield HIV-Positive women from HPV
NCT ID NCT06436274
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a single dose of the HPV vaccine (Gardasil 9) can prevent persistent HPV infection in women living with HIV who have already been vaccinated. About 778 women will receive either the HPV vaccine or a meningitis vaccine (placebo) and be monitored for safety and infection. The goal is to see if one dose is enough to protect this vulnerable group.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- HPV vaccine (Gardasil 9)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, a single HPV vaccine dose could protect women with HIV from persistent HPV infection, reducing cancer risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 4 study, but results may not apply to all populations. The single-dose approach may be less effective than the standard series, and safety in this group is still being evaluated.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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778 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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16 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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 16 years and above on the day of signing the ICF 2. Living with HIV with confirmed test results or clinic records 3. History of receiving HPV vaccine 4. Self-reported sexually active in the last six months 5. Lives within the study area and willing to provide updated locator information over the course of the study 6. Does not have an autoimmune, degenerative, or genetic disease 7. Does not have known advanced HIV (as per stage IV WHO clinical staging criteria for HIV) 8. No other Investigator-determined factor would limit participation in the trial 9. Has not and is not enrolled in a monoclonal, investigational vaccine, or a large quantity blood draw study 10. The participant has a cervix Exclusion Criteria: 1. Anyone with cervical abnormality on examination 2. Anyone with an allergy to vaccine components or yeast
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Botswana Harvard Health Partnership
Gaborone, 0000, Botswana
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Ministry of Health and Center for Family Health Research
Kigali, Kigali, +250, Rwanda
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Wits RHI, University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2001, South Africa
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