A Rollover Study of A5058s: A Phase II Trial to Evaluate the Ability of Vaccine-Induced Helper and CTL Responses to Control Viremia in the Absence of Antiretroviral Therapy
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- HIV Infections
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Enrollment
- 78
- Locations
- 14
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether therapeutic HIV vaccines can help the immune system control HIV viral load after anti-HIV drugs are discontinued.
Detailed Description
This study is a rollover study for patients who participated in A5058s: Augmentation of HIV-Specific Helper and CTL Responses Through Therapeutic Vaccination in Individuals Receiving Potent Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapies. In A5058s, patients received a series of therapeutic vaccinations to elicit HIV-specific immune responses. This study will examine whether these vaccine-induced responses can control viral load in the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Upon study entry, patients will discontinue ART. During the first 6 weeks of the study, viral load will be monitored weekly and CD4+ T-cell counts will be monitored every other week. Viral load and CD4+ T-cell counts will be measured every other week from Week 6 through Week 24, then monthly until patients restart ART or until Week 48. Patients who reinitiate ART for any reason will be registered to Step 2 and followed for 10 weeks.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Participation in A5058s and receipt of a minimum of 7 sets of injections on that study
- •Continuation of the same stable antiretroviral treatment that was given in A5058s for the last 3 months prior to A5172 entry, unless the regimen was changed for toxicity in the absence of virologic failure
- •No less than 6 weeks and no more than 18 weeks since the last injection on A5058s prior to A5172 entry
- •CD4+ T-cell count \> 300 cells/mm3 obtained within 30 days prior to study entry
- •HIV-1 RNA \< 500 copies/ml obtained within 30 days prior to study entry
- •Agreement to use approved methods of contraception
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- •Any of the following within 30 days prior to entry: acute infection requiring antibiotics, outbreak of herpes simplex virus (HSV) or herpes zoster, other acute medical illness, or surgery
- •Symptomatic chronic infections other than HIV
- •Malignancy that may require systemic therapy
- •History of lymph node irradiation
- •Use of immunoenhancing or immunosuppressive drugs within 30 days prior to entry, or any underlying disease of sufficient severity that these excluded drugs may be prescribed
- •Hydroxyurea within 30 days prior to study entry
- •Use of GM-CSF, G-CSF, M-CSF, IFN, IL-2, or other cytokines within 30 days prior to study entry
- •Active drug or alcohol use or dependence that would interfere with adherence to study requirements
- •Serious illness requiring systemic treatment and/or hospitalization until patient either completes therapy or is clinically stable on therapy for at least 30 days prior to study entry
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified