Multi Interventional Approaches to Mitigate HIV Reservoirs Aiming the Sustained HIV Remission Without Antiretrovirals
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Maraviroc, Dolutegravir, Dendritic Cell Vaccine, Auranofin.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Hiv, HIV I Infection. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Brazil
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Multi Interventional Approaches to Mitigate HIV Reservoirs Aiming the Sustained HIV Remission Without Use of Antiretrovirals
Overview
A modern and urgent challenge in fighting HIV infection is to achieve sustained HIV remission without the use of antiretrovirals. The investigators' preliminary data indicate that the use of combined strategies to mitigate the HIV proviral reservoir size among individuals with suppressive antiretroviral treatment achieved unprecedented results in the reduction of HIV DNA present in these cells and in the reduction of CD4 + and CD8 + T cell activation. Combined interventions include intensified antiretroviral treatment to mitigate residual HIV replication, use of a histone deacetylase inhibitor to interrupt viral latency, use of an anti-proliferative medication to reduce long-lived T cells that harbor HIV and a personalized dendritic cell therapy vaccine to eliminate cells with latent HIV infection or cells present in viral sanctuaries. Due to the good results obtained in the exploratory stage of the project, the investigators propose to expand it by recruiting a larger number of patient to confirm the previously obtained results and to generate new insights related to the mechanisms involved in viral latency, latency disruption and the effects of analytical treatment interruption of antiretrovirals among patients undergoing all above mentioned interventions.
Interventions
- Drug Maraviroc
antiretroviral intensification - Drug Dolutegravir
antiretroviral intensification - Biological Dendritic Cell Vaccine
therapeutic vaccination - Drug Auranofin
purging - Drug Sirtuin Histone deacetylase inhibitor
latency disruption
Primary outcome measures
- Evolution of viral load of HIV RNA over the time frame of study [Time frame: baseline, weeks 12, 24, 36 and 48 and every 3 weeks after the antiretroviral ATI up to 36 months after antiretroviral ATI]
- Evolution of total DNA and episomal HIV in PBMCs [Time frame: baseline, weeks 12, 24, 36 and 48 and every 3 weeks after the antiretroviral ATI up to 36 months after antiretroviral ATI]
- Evolution of cell-associated HIV RNA in PBMCs over the study time frame [Time frame: baseline, weeks 12, 24, 36 and 48 and every 3 weeks after the antiretroviral ATI up to 36 months after antiretroviral ATI]
- Evolution of total DNA and episomal HIV DNA in lymphoid tissue (rectal biopsy) [Time frame: baseline, week 48, after resurgence of viremia in the analytical interruption of antiretrovirals, or after 24 and 96 weeks after analytical interruption of antiretrovirals.]
- Evolution of the HIV DNA sequence of the V3 region of gp 120, protease, reverse transcriptase and integrase regions of the pol gene, and of the gag gene [Time frame: baseline, week 24, week 48, after resurgence of viremia after ATI and before reintroduction of ART]
- Evolution of the HIV RNA sequence of the V3 region of gp 120, protease, reverse transcriptase and integrase regions of the pol gene, and of the gag gene [Time frame: baseline, week 24, week 48, after resurgence of viremia after ATI and before reintroduction of ART]
- Evolution of CD4 + and CD8 + T lymphocyte count [Time frame: baseline, weeks 12, 24, 36 and 48 and every 3 weeks after the antiretroviral ATI up to a total of 36 months after ATI.]
- Evolution of percentages of CD38 and HLA DR in CD4 + and CD8 + T lymphocytes [Time frame: baseline, weeks 12, 24, 36 and 48 and every 3 weeks after the antiretroviral ATI up to 36 months after antiretroviral ATI]
- Evolution of plasma cytokines IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17, TNF and IFN-γ [Time frame: baseline, weeks 12, 24, 36 and 48 and every 3 weeks after the antiretroviral ATI up to 36 months after antiretroviral ATI]
- Changes in bacterial translocation levels by quantification of plasma LPS levels [Time frame: baseline, weeks 12, 24, 36 and 48 and every 3 weeks after the antiretroviral ATI up to 36 months after antiretroviral ATI]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
\- > 18 years old < 65 years old Documented HIV-1 infection. Has voluntarily signed ICF. On HAART ≥ 2 years, without changes in the 24 weeks immediately prior to screening.
HIV viral load <50 copies/mL, and never > 50 copies/mL on 2 consecutive occasions in the last 2 years. CD4 count nadir.
> 350 cells/ mm3 Current CD4 count > 500 cells/ mm3. R5 HIV-1 at Screening as defined by proviral DNA genotropism.
Exclusion criteria
\- Any evidence of an active AIDS-defining condition. Any significant acute medical illness in the past 8 weeks. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. Use of any of the following within 90 days prior to entry: systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy; investigational agents; immunomodulators (colonystimulating factors, growth factors, systemic corticosteroids, HIV vaccines, immune globulin, interleukins, interferons); coumadin, warfarin, or other coumadin derivative anticoagulants. Use of an agent definitely or possibly associated with effects on QT intervals: amiodarone, arsenic trioxide, astemizole, bepridil, chloroquine, chlorpromazine, cisapride, clarithromycin, disopyramide, dofetilide, domperidone, droperidol, erythromycin, halofantrine, haloperidol, ibutilide, levomethadyl, mesoridazine, methadone, pentamidine, pimozide, probucol, procainamide, quinidine, sotalol, sparfloxacin, terfenadine, thioridazine.
Receipt of compounds with HDAC inhibitor-like activity, such as valproic acid or nicotinamide within the last 30 days. Potential participants may enroll after a 30-day washout period.
Known hypersensitivity to the components of gold salt, nicotinamide or its analogs.
Hepatitis B (HBsAg +) or Hepatitis C (HCV RNA +) infection. Known renal insufficiency defined as calculated creatinine clearance (Cockcroft Gault formula) <60 mL/min.
Subjects with a laboratory abnormality grade 3 or 4 with the following exceptions: pancreatic amylase, cholesterol, triglyceride, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, bilirubin.
Any condition which, in the investigators opinion, could compromise the subject's safety or adherence to the trial protocol.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Brazil · 1 center
- CCDI — São Paulo
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06805656 · SPARC-11