Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26783482›Full record

ArticleCase reports in otolaryngology2015

HPV Type 6 and 18 Coinfection in a Case of Adult-Onset Laryngeal Papillomatosis: Immunization with Gardasil.

Virginia Fancello, Andrea Melis, Andrea Fausto Piana, Paolo Castiglia, Andrea Cossu, Giovanni Sotgiu, Corrado Bozzo, Emma Victoria King, Francesco Meloni

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Case reports in otolaryngology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Off-label drugs in laryngology- what should the doctor and the patient know about such therapies? A consensus statement of the European Laryngological Society.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
    Article
  2. Effectiveness of combined approach to recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP).European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: A 2020 perspective.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Virginia FancelloDivision of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgical, Microsurgical and Medical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Andrea MelisDivision of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgical, Microsurgical and Medical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Andrea Fausto PianaHygiene and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Paolo CastigliaHygiene and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Andrea CossuHygiene and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Giovanni SotgiuHygiene and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Corrado BozzoENT Department, P. Dettori Hospital, Tempio Pausania, Italy.
Emma Victoria KingDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK.
Francesco MeloniDivision of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgical, Microsurgical and Medical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
University of Sassari · ITPoole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Laryngeal papillomatosis (LP) is a rare human papillomavirus (HPV) related disease that often requires multiple surgical interventions and residual impairment of voice is almost inevitable. We report the case of a patient with adult onset recurrent LP, showing moderate dysplasia and coinfection with HPV types 6 and 18. The tetravalent HPV vaccine Gardasil was prescribed off label, with the aim of triggering an immunogenic response and consequently reducing the probability of further recurrences. The patient was followed for 9 months with no sign of relapse of his LP. The postexposure use of the anti-HPV vaccine could represent a promising therapeutic agent in established LP. Unfortunately, the potential efficacy of this new therapeutic option in this situation has been suggested only by isolated case reports. Further controlled studies, with a longer follow-up and a larger sample size, are needed to assess efficacy of Gardasil in LP.

Identifiers

PMID26783482
PMCPMC4691470
OpenAlexW2178450572

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.