Novel Interventions in HIV-1 Infection (IMIRC1003)
HIV-1 Infection
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for HIV-1 Infection focused on measuring Immune based therapy, Therapeutic vaccination, cytokine therapy, HIV therapeutic vaccine
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Documented HIV-1 positive result.
- Stable on HAART.
- Two screening viral loads of <50 cps/ml on 2 consecutive occasions at least one month apart.
- CD4 T cell count of >400 cells/ul.
- Nadir CD4 T cell count of >200 cells/ul.
- Over 18 years of age.
- Willing and able to provide informed consent.
- Female subjects must not be pregnant or lactating.
- Subjects must be using adequate double barrier method of contraception as appropriate.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior therapeutic vaccination.
- Acute illness within 2 weeks of the start of the study.
- Prior immunomodulatory therapy (e.g. IL-2, rhGH, GCSF, GM-CSF, HU)
- Receiving immunosuppressive medication (e.g. Steroids)
- Participation in other vaccine trials currently
- Patients with diabetes mellitus type 2
- Patients with cardiac abnormalities
- Patients with pre-existing autoimmune disease
- Patients with active neoplasia
- Patients with evidence of any progression or recurrence of an underlying intra-cranial lesion
Sites / Locations
- St. Stephen's AIDS Trust
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Vaccine and cytokines
Vaccine alone
Cytokines alone
Day 0: Patients receive GTU-MultiHIV B clade vaccine 1mg/ml administered as 10 intradermal injections of 100 µl/injection. Day 7-11: One week following this, patients receive a 5 day course of Cytokines: Aldesleukin (IL-2) Novartis UK (BD; 8 hours apart) 5 million units administered by SC injection. Sargramostim (GM-CSF) - Leukine™, Berlex Seattle US 150ug SC once daily 4 hours from rhIL-2 injections. Day 14-18: The following week, patients rhGH (Saizen™, Serono International, Geneva, Switzerland) 4mg/day self-administered SC. Further vaccine boosters are given on day 42 and day 84. GTU-MultiHIV B clade vaccine 1mg/ml being administered as 10 intradermal injections of 100 µl/injection.
Day 0: Patients are given GTU-MultiHIV B clade vaccine 1mg/ml administered as 10 intradermal injections of 100 µl/injections. Day 42: GTU-MultiHIV B clade vaccine as day 0. Day 84: GTU-MultiHIV B clade vaccine as day 0.
Day 7-11: One week following this, patients receive a 5 day course of Cytokines: Aldesleukin (IL-2) Novartis UK (BD; 8 hours apart) 5 million units administered by SC injection. Sargramostim (GM-CSF) - Leukine™, Berlex Seattle US 150ug SC once daily 4 hours from rhIL-2 injections. Day 14-18: The following week, patients rhGH (Saizen™, Serono International, Geneva, Switzerland) 4mg/day self-administered SC.