Study type

Study topic

Disease /health condition
Human medicinal product

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Assessment of risk minimisation measure implementation or effectiveness

Data collection methods

Secondary use of data
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Cohort
Other

Non-interventional study design, other

Self-controlled case series
Study drug and medical condition

Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code

(J07BM02) papillomavirus (human types 16, 18)
papillomavirus (human types 16, 18)

Medical condition to be studied

Autoimmune disorder
Population studied

Short description of the study population

Inclusion criteria for the exposed female cohort : Exposed females must satisfy ALL the following criteria at study entry
• Female aged from 9 to 25 years at the reference date (01 September 2008 through 31 August 2010)
• Recorded in the CPRD GOLD for at least 12 months before the reference date
• The first dose of Cervarix received between 01 September 2008 through 31 August 2010, Full date (day/month/year) of Cervarix vaccination(s) available
• Subject defined as acceptable in CPRD GOLD

Inclusion criteria for the unexposed historical female cohort: Unexposed females must satisfy ALL the following criteria at study entry
• Female aged 9 to 25 years at the reference date (01 September 2005 through 31 August 2007)
• Recorded in the CPRD GOLD for at least 12 months before the reference date
• Subject defined as acceptable in CPRD GOLD

Inclusion criteria for the unexposed concurrent male cohort: Unexposed concurrent males must satisfy ALL the following criteria at study entry
• Male aged 9 to 25 years at the reference date (01 September 2008 through 31 August 2010)
• Recorded in the CPRD GOLD for at least 12 months before the reference date
• Subject defined as acceptable in CPRD GOLD

Inclusion criteria for the unexposed historical male cohort: Unexposed historical males must satisfy ALL the following criteria at study entry
• Male aged 9 to 25 years at the reference date (01 September 2005 through 31 August
2007)
• Recorded in the CPRD GOLD for at least 12 months before the reference date
• Subject defined as acceptable in CPRD GOLD

Age groups

Children (2 to < 12 years)
Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)
Adults (18 to < 46 years)

Estimated number of subjects

1053
Study design details

Main study objective

To assess the risk of neuroinflammatory/ophthalmic new onset of autoimmune disease(s) (NOAD) and other pre-specified NOAD within 12 months following the administration of the first dose of Cervarix.

Outcomes

Occurrence of new onset of confirmed autoimmune disease during the period of one year following administration of the first dose of Cervarix (risk period) among an exposed cohort and during an equivalent time period in the unexposed cohorts for the following two co-primary composite endpoints:1 Neuroinflammatory/ophthalmic autoimmune diseases2 Other autoimmune diseases, Occurrence of new onset of individual confirmed autoimmune disease within 2 months (Guillain Barré syndrome and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia), within 6 months (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) and within 1 year (e.g. multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, optic neuritis, other demyelinating diseases, auto-immune uveitis) following the administration of the first dose of Cervarix.

Data analysis plan

Incidence rates for NOAD will be calculated as the number of cases divided by person-time. A Poisson regression model will estimate the exposed/unexposed risk ratio and its 95% confidence interval. The Poisson model will include the number of cases in each cohort as the dependent variable, the exposure status as a binary independent variable and the log-transformed total person-year as an offset. The same statistical model will be used to compare the two cohorts.The cases of NOAD in exposed subjects will be analysed using Self-control case-series (SCCS) methods.
Documents
Study results
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Study report
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Study, other information
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