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Safety and Immunogenicity of the Nonavalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Spanish Women Living with HIV

Version 1 : Received: 5 June 2024 / Approved: 6 June 2024 / Online: 7 June 2024 (02:48:24 CEST)

How to cite: Hidalgo-Tenorio, M. D. C.; Moya, R.; Omar, M.; Muñoz, L.; SamPedro, A.; Lopez-Hidalgo, J.; Garcia-Vallecillos, C.; Gomez-Ronquillo, P. Safety and Immunogenicity of the Nonavalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Spanish Women Living with HIV. Preprints 2024, 2024060386. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0386.v1 Hidalgo-Tenorio, M. D. C.; Moya, R.; Omar, M.; Muñoz, L.; SamPedro, A.; Lopez-Hidalgo, J.; Garcia-Vallecillos, C.; Gomez-Ronquillo, P. Safety and Immunogenicity of the Nonavalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Spanish Women Living with HIV. Preprints 2024, 2024060386. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0386.v1

Abstract

Background: The objectives were to evaluate: the safety and immunogenicity of nonavalent human papillomavirus (nHPV) vaccine in adult Spanish women living with HIV (WLHIV); the prevalence of anal and cervical dysplasia and nHPV vaccine genotypes in anus and cervix; and risk factors for high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) infection in anal mucosa. Methods In this single-center, open-arm, non-randomized clinical trial, nHPV vaccine was administered at 0, 2, and 6 months to WLHIV enrolled between February 2020 and November 2023, measuring vaccine antibody titers pre-vaccination and at 2, 6, and 7 months after the first dose. Cervical and anal cytology and HPV PCR genotyping studies were performed. Women with abnormal cytology and/or anal or cervical HPV infection at baseline underwent high-resolution anoscopy and/or colposcopy. Results: 122 participants were included with mean age of 49.6 years: 52.5% smoked; 10.7% had anal-genital condylomatosis; 38.5% infection by HR-HPV in anus and 25.4% in cervix, most frequently HPV-16; 19.1% had AIN1 and 3.1% CIN1 and CIN2. Vaccine administration did not modify viral-immunological status (CD4 [809±226.8 cells/uL vs. 792.35 ±349.95; p=0.357]) or plasma HIV load (3.38±4.41 vs. 1.62±2.55 cop/uL [log]; p=0.125). Anti-HPV antibodies ([IQR: 0-0] vs. 7.63 nm [IQR: 3.46-19.7]; p=0.0001) and seroconversion rate (8.2% vs. 96.7% [p=0.0001]) were increased at 7 versus 0 months. There were no severe vaccine-related adverse reactions; injection-site pain was reported by around half of participants. HR-HPV infection in anus was solely associated with concomitant cervix infection (HR 5.027; 95% CI: 1.009-25.042). Conclusions: nHPV vaccine in adult WLHIV is immunogenic and safe.

Keywords

nonavalent HPV vaccine; high squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL); low squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL); WLHIV; anal cancer; cervical cancer

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Internal Medicine

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