Table of contents
- Trial overview
- Who is being studied
- Study design and phase
- What the study measures
- Key patient points
Trial overview
The trial titled Human papillomavirus vaccine effectiveness study among men who have sex with men is authorised and listed as a Phase 3 study.[1] It is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 730 people.[1]
The study is about HPV infection and prevention of HPV infection among healthy participants.[1] The brief summary says the goal is to assess the direct effectiveness of vaccination with the bivalent HPV vaccine against anal HPV-16/18 infections among men who have sex with men aged 19 to 26 years who visit the Sexual Health Clinic in Amsterdam.[1]
Who is being studied
The target population is men who have sex with men (MSM), especially those aged 19 to 26 years.[1] The study compares vaccinated and unvaccinated MSM attending the sexual health center.[1]
This means the researchers are looking at real-world protection in a specific group that visits a sexual health clinic, rather than studying the vaccine in a general population.[1]
Study design and phase
The source describes the study as interventional, which means researchers are studying the effect of a vaccine-related intervention and comparing outcomes between groups.[1] The phase is listed as Phase 3, which usually means a later-stage study with a larger group of participants.[1]
The intervention named in the trial record is Cervarix suspension for injection, described as a human papillomavirus vaccine with types 16 and 18.[1] The trial record uses this product name, while the clinical trial article here focuses on the study itself rather than the vaccine details.[1]
What the study measures
The main outcome is a comparison of anal HPV-16/18 prevalence between vaccinated and unvaccinated MSM attending the sexual health center.[1] The primary measurement is HPV-16 and HPV-18 DNA positivity.[1]
In simple terms, the researchers want to know how often these HPV types are found in the study groups.[1] This helps show whether vaccination is linked to fewer infections in the group being studied.[1]
Key patient points
The study is focused on prevention of HPV infection in a specific group: MSM aged 19 to 26 years.[1]
It is a Phase 3 study, so it is in a later research stage and includes a relatively large planned group of participants.[1]
The main outcome is whether HPV-16 and HPV-18 are found in anal samples, measured as DNA positivity.[1]
The study compares vaccinated and unvaccinated people to see whether vaccination is linked to lower infection rates.[1]



