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Study NCT ID: NCT00061243
Status: UNKNOWN
Last Update Posted: 2008-09-26
First Post: 2003-05-22

Brief Title: Safety of and Immune Response to Polyvalent HIV-1 Vaccine in HIV Uninfected Adults
Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID
Organization: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID

Study Overview

Official Title: A Phase 1 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Multi-Gene Polyvalent HIV-1 DNA Plasmid PrimeEnv Protein Boost Vaccine Formulation DP6-001 in Healthy Volunteers
Status: UNKNOWN
Status Verified Date: 2005-12
Last Known Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: This study will evaluate the safety of and immune response to a new HIV vaccine The vaccine in this trial uses pieces of HIV DNA and HIV proteins The vaccine itself cannot cause HIV infection or AIDS
Detailed Description: Unlike other viruses for which effective vaccines have been developed HIV-1 has evolved mechanisms to evade immune control over virus replication These mechanisms include the extraordinary genetic diversity of the virus viral latency and targeting of the immune system Evolutional variations of the envelope gene have not only resulted in the development of different groups M N and O and subgroups clades in diverse geographic regions of the world but also significant genomic variations within clades These clade variants of HIV will require novel vaccine approaches to elicit population-based protective immunity Viral latency is the ability of the virus to remain dormant for long periods through integrating its viral DNA into the host genome Viral latency requires vaccines to produce immune response that are robust enough to kill the virus and that can be maintained over extended periods of time to produce lasting immunity Finally HIV-1 targets CD4 cells and thus compromises the immune surveillance mechanisms critical to maintaining both cellular and humoral immunity to HIV-1 Therefore an effective vaccine against HIV-1 must bolster the development of broadly reactive neutralizing antibodies against genetic variants of HIV-1 as well as induce an effective HIV-specific CTL response to eliminate virus-infected cells The ideal vaccine approach will produce long-term responses within these arms of host immunity This study is designed to evaluate the safety tolerability and immunogenicity of a novel prophylactic vaccine consisting of DNA priming followed by a protein boost

The first vaccine component administered in this study is a DNA vaccination the second component is a recombinant protein vaccination This combination will be used to determine whether the vaccine strategy can induce a balanced humoral and cell mediated immune responses to HIV-1

Two HIV antigens Gag and Env are included in this studys vaccine formulation Studies have shown that HIV-1 Gag is a potent inducer of cell mediated immune responses while Env is the target of neutralizing antibody responses The vaccine used in this study contains a 5-valent Env design Env derived from one of 5 clades of HIV in order to examine if a polyvalent Env formulation may expand the breadth of neutralizing antibody responses induced in human volunteers For both DNA priming and protein boosting a set of Env antigens from clades A B C and E of HIV-1 M group will be produced 2 Env antigens from clade B and 1 Env each from the other three clades All 5 Env antigens are selected from the primary HIV-1 viral isolates with the hope of producing broad antibody responses against the primary viruses circulating in the worldwide human population

Thirty-six healthy volunteers will be randomized to one of five groups Groups 1 2 and 3 will receive different doses of the vaccine to determine the optimal dose Groups 4 and 5 will receive the vaccine through either intradermal or intramuscular administration Each group will receive 3 doses of DNA vaccination at weeks 0 4 and 12 and 2 doses of protein vaccination at weeks 20 and 28 Blood sampling throughout the duration of the study will provide an assessment of the safety and immunogenicity of the vaccine in healthy volunteers It is expected that volunteers will be enrolled in this study for 1 year

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None
Secondary IDs
Secondary ID Type Domain Link
N01-AI05394 None None None