Safety and Immunogenicity of Recombinant HIV Vaccines for HIV/AIDS

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title: A Phase I Double-Blind Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of HIV Prime/Boost Vaccine Using DNA and MVA for HIV-1/AIDS

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled dose-escalation clinical trial to evaluate the safety and the immunogenicity of DNA and modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) HIV-1 vaccines in subjects receiving stable highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) who have an HIV-1 RNA < 50 copies/mm3 and CD4+ T cells count ≥ 350 cells/mm3.

Clinical Trial Description

HIV-infected patients treated with antiretroviral therapy for prolonged periods of time may show decreased levels of HIV-specific immune responses. In these patients, a prime-boost vaccine strategy may induce both humoral and cell-mediated immunity. The hypothesis of this study is that the vaccine strategy selected will be both safe and immunogenic in the patient population being tested.

Patients continue antiretroviral medications throughout the course of this study. Three groups of patients receive dose-escalation (0.5mg, 2mg or 4mg) intramuscular injections of DNA vaccine (D-GPEi) respectively, the other three groups of patients receive dose-escalation (3×10^7pfu, 1×10^8pfu or 3×10^8pfu) intradermal injections of MVA vaccine (M-GPE), two weeks post immunization of lower dose, if the vaccine is safe and well tolerant, the next dose of immunization will begin. After the maximum tolerated dose of DNA and MVA is identified, DNA prime/ MVA boosting will be tested in another two groups of patients. Lower or the maximum tolerated dose of D-GPEi was used at week 0 and 1, lower or the maximum tolerated dose of M-GPE was used at week 2 and 3, patients are monitored for safety 72 hours after each immunization. In addition, each patient records adverse events in a diary. Patients have regular physical exams, pregnancy tests, and blood drawn for virologic and immunologic assessments. The induction of HIV-specific responses will be measured. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• HIV Infections
• Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes

• NCT number: NCT01881581
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: June 2013
• Completion date: August 2014