Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Phase III Clinical Trial to Study the Tolerability and Immunogenicity of a 2-dose Regimen of V503, a Multivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) L1 Virus-Like Particle (VLP) Vaccine, Administered in Preadolescents and Adolescents (9 to 14 Year Olds) With a Comparison to Young Women (16 to 26 Year Olds)
Brief Summary: This was a 37-month safety and immunogenicity study conducted in boys and girls 9 to 14 years of age and in young women 16 to 26 years of age. From this study, the goal was to establish that the investigational 2-dose regimens (0, 6 months and 0, 12 months) studied in boys and girls 9 to 14 years of age are generally safe and immunogenic, with an antibody response that is not inferior to that observed in young women 16 to 26 years of age who received the standard 3-dose regimen of V503 (i.e., the population and dose regimen used to establish V503 efficacy).


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A: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

•Healthy participants

* Deemed to be in good general health by history and physical examination

  •Resident of Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica and surrounding areas
* Must remain a resident for ≥ 6 months after the first study vaccination

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 18 to 25

Performance status

•Not specified

Life expectancy

•Not specified

Hematopoietic

•Not specified

Hepatic

* No history of chronic hepatitis requiring treatment
* No acute or chronic clinically significant hepatic function abnormality by physical examination or laboratory findings
* No known history of hepatitis A infection

Renal

* No history of kidney disease requiring treatment
* No acute or chronic clinically significant kidney function abnormality by physical examination or laboratory findings

Cardiovascular

* No acute or chronic clinically significant cardiovascular function abnormality by physical examination or laboratory findings Pulmonary
* No acute or chronic clinically significant pulmonary function abnormality by physical examination or laboratory findings Immunology
* No history of allergic disease
* No history of autoimmune disorder requiring treatment
* No history of allergic reaction (e.g., difficulty breathing) to any vaccine
* No suspected allergy or reaction likely to be exacerbated by a component of the study vaccines (e.g., 2-phenoxyethanol or neomycin)
* No hypersensitivity to latex
* No diagnosis or suspicion of any immunodeficient condition by medical history or physical examination Other
* Not pregnant or nursing

  ◦No delivery within the past 3 months
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception for 30 days before, during, and for 60 days after completion of study treatment
* Able to speak or understand Spanish
* Mentally competent
* Able to undergo pelvic exam (i.e., no heavy bleeding \[menstruation or otherwise\] or heavy vaginal discharge)
* No history of cancer requiring treatment
* No history of diabetes requiring treatment
* No history of other chronic conditions requiring treatment
* No acute or chronic clinically significant neurologic function abnormality by physical examination or laboratory findings
* No other acute disease
* No fever ≥ 37.5º C

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* More than 6 months since prior chronic administration (i.e., \> 14 days) of immune-modulating drugs
* More than 90 days since prior immunoglobulins
* More than 30 days since prior and no other concurrent investigational or non-registered vaccines
* More than 30 days since prior registered vaccines
* More than 8 days since prior routine meningococcal, hepatitis B, influenza, or diphtheria/tetanus vaccine
* No prior vaccination against hepatitis A
* No prior vaccination against human papillomavirus
* No prior monophosphoryl lipid A or AS04 adjuvant

Chemotherapy

•Not specified

Endocrine therapy

* More than 6 months since prior chronic administration (i.e., \> 14 days) of corticosteroids (e.g., ≥ 0.5 mg/kg/day of prednisone or equivalent)
* Concurrent inhaled or topical steroids allowed

Radiotherapy

•Not specified

Surgery

•No prior hysterectomy

Other

* More than 6 months since prior chronic administration (i.e., \> 14 days) of immunosuppressants
* More than 30 days since prior and no other concurrent investigational or non-registered drugs
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* resident in Florence
* invited for the first time to the cervical cancer screening in Florence
* aged 25 years

Exclusion Criteria:

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C: Inclusion Criteria:

All Participants:

-Judged to be in good physical health on the basis of medical history, physical examination and laboratory results

Boys and Girls 9 to 14 Years:

-Must not have had coitarche and does not plan on becoming sexually active during the vaccination period

Women 16 to 26 Years:

* Has never had a Papanicolaou (Pap) test or only had normal Pap test results
* A lifetime history of 0 to 4 male and/or female sexual partners

Exclusion Criteria:

All Participants:

* Known allergy to any vaccine component
* History of severe allergic reaction that required medical intervention
* Thrombocytopenia or any coagulation disorder
* Females only: participant is pregnant or expecting to donate eggs during day 1 through month 7
* Currently immunocompromised, or been diagnosed with immunodeficiency
* Had a splenectomy
* Receiving or has received immunosuppressive therapies within the last year
* Received any immunoglobulin product or blood-derived product within 3 months
* Received a marketed HPV vaccine or has participated in an HPV vaccine clinical trial
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Aged between 13 and 15 years at the time of the first immunisation
* Female
* No contraindications to vaccination as specified in the "Green Book" - Immunisation Against Infectious Disease, HMSO.
* Written informed consent obtained from parent or guardian of subject

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant or become pregnant during the course of the trial (no contraindications to vaccination for those taking the contraceptive pill).
* Breast-feeding mothers
* Allergic to vaccine components

Answer: C