TY - JOUR
T1 - Safety of extending screening intervals beyond five years in cervical screening programmes with testing for high risk human papillomavirus: 14 year follow-up of population based randomised cohort in the Netherlands
AU - Dijkstra, MG
AU - van Zummeren, M
AU - Rozendaal, L
AU - van Kemenade, Folkert
AU - Helmerhorst, null
AU - Snijders, PJF
AU - Meijer, CJLM
AU - Berkhof, J
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - OBJECTIVES To provide an early risk assessment of extending screening intervals beyond five years for a human papillomavirus (HPV) based cervical screening programme in the Netherlands. DESIGN 14 year follow-up of a population based randomised cohort from the POBASCAM randomised trial. SETTING Organised cervical screening in the Netherlands, based on a programme of three screening rounds (each round done every five years). PARTICIPANTS 43 339 women aged 29-61 years with a negative HPV and/or negative cytology test participating in the POBASCAM trial. INTERVENTIONS Women randomly assigned to HPV and cytology co-testing (intervention) or cytology testing only (control), and managed accordingly. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Cumulative incidence of cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 3 or worse (CIN3+). Associations with age were expressed as incidence rate ratios. In HPV positive women, reductions in CIN3+ incidence after negative cytology, HPV type 16/18 genotyping, and/or repeat cytology were estimated. RESULTS The cumulative incidence of cervical cancer (0.09%) and CIN3+ (0.56%) among HPV negative women in the intervention group after three rounds of screening were similar to the cumulative among women with negative cytology in the control group after two rounds (0.09% and 0.69%, respectively). Cervical cancer and CIN3+ risk ratios were 0.97 (95% confidence interval 0.41 to 2.31, P=0.95) and 0.82 (0.62 to 1.09, P=0.17), respectively. CIN3+ incidence was 72.2% (95% confidence interval 61.6% to 79.9%, P<0.001) lower among HPV negative women aged at least 40 years than among younger women. No significant association between cervical cancer incidence and age could be demonstrated. CIN3+ incidence among HPV positive women with negative cytology, HPV 16/18 genotyping, and/or repeat cytology was 10.4 (95% confidence interval 5.9 to 18.4) times higher than among HPV negative women. CONCLUSIONS Long term incidences of cervical cancer and CIN3+ were low among HPV negative women in this study cohort, and supports an extension of the cervical screening interval beyond five years for women aged 40 years and older. HPV positive women with subsequent negative cytology, HPV16/18 genotyping, and/or repeat cytology have at least a fivefold higher risk of CIN3+ than HPV negative women, indicating that HPV based programmes with long intervals (>five years) should be implemented with risk stratification.
AB - OBJECTIVES To provide an early risk assessment of extending screening intervals beyond five years for a human papillomavirus (HPV) based cervical screening programme in the Netherlands. DESIGN 14 year follow-up of a population based randomised cohort from the POBASCAM randomised trial. SETTING Organised cervical screening in the Netherlands, based on a programme of three screening rounds (each round done every five years). PARTICIPANTS 43 339 women aged 29-61 years with a negative HPV and/or negative cytology test participating in the POBASCAM trial. INTERVENTIONS Women randomly assigned to HPV and cytology co-testing (intervention) or cytology testing only (control), and managed accordingly. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Cumulative incidence of cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 3 or worse (CIN3+). Associations with age were expressed as incidence rate ratios. In HPV positive women, reductions in CIN3+ incidence after negative cytology, HPV type 16/18 genotyping, and/or repeat cytology were estimated. RESULTS The cumulative incidence of cervical cancer (0.09%) and CIN3+ (0.56%) among HPV negative women in the intervention group after three rounds of screening were similar to the cumulative among women with negative cytology in the control group after two rounds (0.09% and 0.69%, respectively). Cervical cancer and CIN3+ risk ratios were 0.97 (95% confidence interval 0.41 to 2.31, P=0.95) and 0.82 (0.62 to 1.09, P=0.17), respectively. CIN3+ incidence was 72.2% (95% confidence interval 61.6% to 79.9%, P<0.001) lower among HPV negative women aged at least 40 years than among younger women. No significant association between cervical cancer incidence and age could be demonstrated. CIN3+ incidence among HPV positive women with negative cytology, HPV 16/18 genotyping, and/or repeat cytology was 10.4 (95% confidence interval 5.9 to 18.4) times higher than among HPV negative women. CONCLUSIONS Long term incidences of cervical cancer and CIN3+ were low among HPV negative women in this study cohort, and supports an extension of the cervical screening interval beyond five years for women aged 40 years and older. HPV positive women with subsequent negative cytology, HPV16/18 genotyping, and/or repeat cytology have at least a fivefold higher risk of CIN3+ than HPV negative women, indicating that HPV based programmes with long intervals (>five years) should be implemented with risk stratification.
U2 - 10.1136/bmj.i4924
DO - 10.1136/bmj.i4924
M3 - Article
C2 - 27702796
SN - 1756-1833
VL - 355
JO - BMJ-British medical journal
JF - BMJ-British medical journal
ER -