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@ARTICLE{Kusters:307245,
author = {J. Kusters$^*$ and N. Brenner$^*$ and J. A. Bogaards and S.
Silling and M. El-Zein and P. Gray and H. Kann and E. L.
Franco and M. O. A. Lehtinen$^*$ and A. Dietz and S. Laban
and J. P. Klussmann and U. Wieland and T. Waterboer$^*$},
title = {{E}valuation of an {HPV}16-{L}1 antibody rapid test for
oropharyngeal cancer diagnosis: diagnostic accuracy and
challenges in real-world settings.},
journal = {EBioMedicine},
volume = {nn},
issn = {2352-3964},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-02938},
pages = {nn},
year = {2025},
note = {#EA:C230#LA:C230# / epub},
abstract = {Diagnostic assays have been introduced to diagnose human
papillomavirus (HPV)-driven oropharyngeal cancer (HPV-OPC),
including those identifying HPV16-L1 antibodies. This study
aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of an HPV16-L1
antibody rapid test for HPV-OPC, and its performance in
individuals likely to have HPV16-L1 antibodies from causes
other than HPV-OPC.Serum samples (n = 235) from three study
populations were tested using a CE-certified serological
HPV16-L1 antibody rapid test (Prevo-Check®) at the German
National Reference Center for Papillomaviruses. Laboratory
personnel were blinded to participant characteristics and
followed the manufacturer's instructions. The three study
populations consisted of: (1) patients with HPV16-positive
or -negative OPC (n = 83), (2) bivalent (HPV16/18) vaccine
recipients (n = 50), with paired baseline and one-month
post-third-dose serum samples, and (3) naturally HPV16
infected young adults (n = 26), with paired serum samples
before and after HPV16 seroconversion.In the study
population with patients with OPC, the sensitivity of the
HPV16-L1 antibody rapid test to detect HPV-OPC was $25.0\%$
$(95\%$ CI: 13.6, 39.6), and its specificity was $97.1\%$
$(95\%$ CI: 85.1, 99.9). The positive predictive value was
$92.3\%$ $(95\%$ CI: 64.0, 99.8) and negative predictive
value $48.6\%$ $(95\%$ CI: 36.4, 60.8). In the other study
populations, the test was negative for all pre-vaccination
samples, and all samples collected before incident natural
HPV16 infection. Nearly all post-vaccination samples
$(98.0\%),$ and one-third of the samples after natural HPV16
infection $(34.6\%)$ tested positive in the HPV16-L1
antibody rapid test.The HPV16-L1 antibody test has low
diagnostic accuracy and cannot reliably distinguish
different sources of HPV16-L1 antibodies. Therefore, this
type of assays is not suitable for screening and detection
of HPV16-driven OPC.This study is supported by the Ministry
of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) core bvfunding
provided to DKFZ. The NRC for Papilloma- and Polyomaviruses
is supported by the Ministry of Health (BMG, grant no.
1369-401).},
keywords = {Antibodies (Other) / Human papillomavirus (Other) /
Infection (Other) / Oropharyngeal cancer (Other) / Screening
(Other) / Vaccination (Other)},
cin = {C230},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C230-20160331},
pnm = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:41387142},
doi = {10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.106057},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/307245},
}