New, broader spectrum HPV vaccine being trialled

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New, broader spectrum HPV vaccine being trialled

Post by GeenDienst » Fri Jan 03, 2020 12:46 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... cal-cancer

The trial is significant, not only because the vaccine gets more flavours of HPV than others (five), but because it aims at extending the range of ages in the label for women eligible for it from 25 to 55 (men who have sex with men can get the existing one to age 45 it says).

And, potentially eligible peeps can apply to join the trial. Send an electronic pigeon to hpv-study@wrh.ox.ac.uk.
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Re: New, broader spectrum HPV vaccine being trialled

Post by mikeh » Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:33 pm

Interesting, thanks for posting.

Also discussions in various discussiony-parts that one dose (of the existing vaccine) may be as effective as two/three doses.

Plus fun fact - Spoiler:
* has (possibly 'had', this was couple of years back) globally the highest uptake of HPV vaccine across their eligible population. This article is quite nicely in highlighting why - a huge amount of public engagement and outreach, before and during immunisations, being core to the roll-out

* Spoilered in case you wish to play a guessing game.

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Re: New, broader spectrum HPV vaccine being trialled

Post by El Pollo Diablo » Sat Jan 04, 2020 12:48 am

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Re: New, broader spectrum HPV vaccine being trialled

Post by GeenDienst » Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:00 am

That'll make all the difference to both of us.
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Re: New, broader spectrum HPV vaccine being trialled

Post by murmur » Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:46 am

I was going to post a link to this one, but with a snarky title about it being fake news or summat, 'cos we all know, thanks to those courageous vaxx resistance fighters, that no clinical trials are ever done on vaccines...
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Re: New, broader spectrum HPV vaccine being trialled

Post by Grumble » Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:49 pm

Good news, my kids will start to be eligible in a couple of years. Hopefully it’ll be available then.
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