Table 4

Number of women required for a double blinded efficacy trial on preventive HPV16 vaccination with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade III and invasive cervical cancer as the end point

Number of vaccinees at a given VE
Age group (years)CIN III+ attack rate %90%70%
≤180.336 44612 592
18–190.444 8329 436
20–240.2110 13819 804
<250.287 60014 846