Study of Gardasil in Mid-Adult Males (MAM)

The MAM Study is a prospective pilot intervention trial to investigate patterns of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine immunogenicity in men, aged 27-45 years, in which the men will receive Gardasil. Gardasil was administered at 0, 2, and 6 months. Blood was drawn at 0 and 7 months to provide a quadrivalent HPV antibody serologic profile. Participants also completed surveys via computer-assisted interviews (CASI) at Day 1 and Month 7 to record sexual behavior. Our overall goal is to test the efficacy of Gardasil to reduce HPV 6, 11, 16, 18 persistent infection among men at the external genital epithelium, anal canal, and oral cavity, and to reduce lesions caused by these HPV types at the external genital epithelium and anal canal. The purpose of this Phase II trial is to establish the immunogenicity of Gardasil among mid-adult men and to establish the infrastructure with which to build the larger Phase III trial in the future.