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Early Administration of Romidepsin and 3BNC117 in Treatment-naïve HIV Patients Starting ART

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Hiv
Interventions
Drug: Antiretrovirals
Registration Number
NCT03041012
Lead Sponsor
Aarhus University Hospital
Brief Summary

To evaluate the effect of early viral reactivation by latency reversing agents (LRA) and/or administration of potent broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAb) on the size of the latent HIV-1 reservoir in treatment naïve HIV-1 patients initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART)

Detailed Description

The study will be conducted among ART naïve HIV-1-infected patients.

Subjects will continue ART while receiving LRA romidepsin and/or bNAb 3BNC117.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • Documented HIV-1 infection
  • CD4+ T cell count >200/µL on last visit prior to study entry
  • ART naïve
  • Able to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any significant acute medical illness (not including primary HIV infection) in the past 8 weeks

  • Any evidence of an active AIDS-defining opportunistic infection

  • Active alcohol or substance use that, in the Investigator's opinion, will prevent adequate compliance with study therapy

  • The following laboratory values at screening, but the values can be repeated within the screening period, but test results must be available before baseline (day 0) and checked for eligibility:

    • Hepatic transaminases (AST or ALT) ≥3 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
    • Serum total bilirubin ≥3 ULN
    • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≤60 mL/min (based on serum creatinine or other appropriate validated markers)
    • Platelet count ≤100 x10^9/L
    • Absolute neutrophil count ≤1x10^9/L
    • Serum potassium, magnesium, phosphorus outside ≥1.5 ULN/LLN
    • Total calcium (corrected for serum albumin) or ionized calcium ≥1.5 ULN/LLN
    • Hepatitis B or C infection as indicated by the presence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or hepatitis C virus RNA (HCV-RNA) in blood
  • ECG at screening that shows QTc >450 ms when calculated using the Fridericia formula from either lead V3 or V4 [86]

  • Use of:

    • Warfarin or warfarin-derivatives
    • HDACi
    • An agent definitely or possibly associated with effects on QT intervals within 2 weeks of screening
    • Drugs that induce or inhibit CYP3A4 or P-gp
  • History of:

    • Clinically significant cardiac disease, symptomatic or asymptomatic arrhythmias, syncopal episodes, or additional risk factors for Torsades de pointes (e.g. heart failure)
    • Malignancy or transplantation, including skin cancers or Kaposi sarcoma
    • Diabetes mellitus
  • Receipt of strong immunosuppressive or systemic chemotherapeutic agents within 28 days prior to study entry

  • Known resistance to >2 classes of ART

  • Known hypersensitivity to the components of romidepsin, 3BNC117 or their analogues

  • Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or with a positive pregnancy test during screening or Women of Child Bearing Potential (WOCBP) who are unwilling or unable to use an acceptable method of non-estrogen containing contraceptions (according to the Danish Medicines Agency guidelines) to avoid pregnancy for the 3 week study period and 4 weeks after study treatment or until undetectable plasma HIV-1 RNA using standard assays

  • Males or females who are unwilling or unable to use barrier contraception during sexual intercourse for the 3-week study period, and 4 weeks after study treatment or until undetectable plasma HIV-1 RNA using standard assays

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
FACTORIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
antiretroviralsAntiretroviralsStandard of care
antiretrovirals + romidepsinAntiretroviralsStandard of care + LRA
antiretrovirals + romidepsin + 3BNC117AntiretroviralsStandard of care + LRA + bNAb
antiretrovirals + 3BNC117AntiretroviralsStandard of care + bNAb
antiretrovirals + romidepsin + 3BNC1173BNC117Standard of care + LRA + bNAb
antiretrovirals + 3BNC1173BNC117Standard of care + bNAb
antiretrovirals + romidepsinRomidepsinStandard of care + LRA
antiretrovirals + romidepsin + 3BNC117RomidepsinStandard of care + LRA + bNAb
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Quantification of the size of the proviral HIV reservoir1 year

Copies of total HIV-1 DNA per 10⁶ CD4+ T cells as measured by digital droplet PCR

Plasma HIV RNA kinetics3 months

Time to undetectable (\<20 c/mL)

Time to viral rebound during ATI12 weeks

Days from stopping ART to plasma HIV RNA \>5,000 on two consecutive measurements

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Analytic treatment interruption (ATI) study64 weeks

Time to first plasma HIV RNA \>5000 c/mL

Impact of pre-ART virus sensitivity to 3BNC117 on ATI outcomesBaseline and at viral rebound

3BNC117 sensitivity determined by PhenoSense and/or HIV env sequencing

Quantification of the intact proviral DNA1 year

Intact HIV-1 DNA in CD4+ T cells (copies per million cells) as measured by dd-PCR.

Incidence of treatment emerging events (Safety and tolerability)1 year

Frequence and severity of adverse events (AE), adverse reactions (AR), serious adverse events (SAE), serious adverse reactions (SAR) and suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions (SUSAR).

Quantification of HIV mRNA and/or p24 positive cells30 days from study entry

Frequency of mRNA/p24 postive per 1 million CD4+ T cells by FISH-flow

Immune reconstitution1 year

Absolute CD4+ and CD8+ T cell count

T cell mediated HIV specific immunityFirst of 365 days

T cell immunity as determined by the HIV AIM assay

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Guy's and St Thomas'

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Department of Infectious Diseases

🇩🇰

Odense, Denmark

Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital

🇩🇰

Aarhus, Denmark

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

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