Clinical Trial

Strengthening HPV Immunization Through EPI Leveraged Delivery

Study acronym: SHIELD
Recruiting Phase 2
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Summary
This is a randomized observer-blind placebo-controlled proof-of-concept study with the aim to assess the safety and tolerability, and the immunogenicity of a bivalent HPV vaccine administered in healthy infants and toddlers (9- and 15-month-olds) comparing them to an immune-bridging population of 15-20-year-old unmarried females in an open label study in Ghana at the Dodowa Health Research Center.
Protocol Amendment History 1 change
critical Recruitment opened 2026-05-19
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07377656
Lead Sponsor International Vaccine Institute
Collaborators: Karolinska Institutet, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Dodowa Health Research Centre
Conditions HPV Vaccine
Enrollment 115 participants
Start Date 2026-04-30
Primary Completion 2028-02-29 (estimated)
Study Completion 2028-12-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2026-05-18