Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
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Eligibility Criteria
- 1. Patients with persistent (\>6 month period) ASC-US/LSIL determined by cervical cytology at study entry (ThinPrep with imaging)
- 2. Patients whose cytologic samples are persistent (\>6 month period) HPV16+ by Roche Cobas 4800, Roche Linear Array HPV Genotyping test or other FDA-approved HPV genotyping test at study entry. Co-infections with HPV types other than HPV16 are permissible for study entry.
- 3. Age ≥ 19 years
- 4. Baseline Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
- 5. Patients must have adequate organ function at the time of enrollment as defined by the following parameters:
- * White blood cell count \> 3,000
- * Absolute lymphocyte number \> 500
- * Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,000
- * Platelets \> 90,000
- * Hemoglobulin \> 9
- * Total bilirubin \<3 X the institutional limit of normal
- * AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) \<3 X the institutional limit of normal
- * Creatinine \< 2.5X the institutional limit of normal
- 6. Women of child-bearing potential must agree to use two forms of contraception (hormonal and barrier) prior to study entry and for 3 months after study completion.
- 7. Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
- 8. Subject is able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
- 1. Patients with ASC-US/LSIL determined by cervical cytology at study entry that are HPV16 negative.
- 2. Histologic evidence of CIN2+
- 3. Patients with a diagnosis of immunosuppression or prolonged, active use of immunosuppressive medications such as steroids.
- 4. Prior vaccination with any HPV antigen (prophylactic or therapeutic).
- 5. Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents within 28 days prior to the first dose.
- 6. Patients with an uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
- 7. Patients with a history of autoimmune disease such as multiple sclerosis, exclusive of a history of thyroiditis, psoriasis, Sjrogen's, or inflammatory bowel disease.
- 8. Patients with a history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds used in agent preparation.
- 9. Patients who are pregnant or breast feeding.
- 10. Patient with active or chronic infection of HIV, HCV, or HBV.
- 11. Patients who have had a prior LEEP or cervical conization procedure.
- 12. History of prior malignancy permitted if patient has been disease free for ≥ 5 years; however individuals with completely resected basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin within this interval may be enrolled.
- 13. Inability to understand or unwillingness to sign an informed consent document.
Ages Eligible for Study
19 Years to
Sexes Eligible for Study
FEMALE
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No