E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Virus Diseases [C02] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 20.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10020161 |
E.1.2 | Term | HIV infection |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10021881 - Infections and infestations |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial | |
E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial | |
E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | Yes |
E.2.3.1 | Full title, date and version of each sub-study and their related objectives |
Transcriptomic prick test; qVOA |
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E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1.Documented HIV-1 infection (Elisa and Western Blot) 2.Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 68 years on the day of screening 3.Weight ≥50kg 4.Nadir CD4 count > 300 cells/mm3 (Nadir refers to the lowest ever measured CD4 count) 5.CD4 ≥ 500 cells/mm3 on at least two consecutive measurements* (including the screening value) within the previous 6 months prior to enrollment (one CD4 value between 350 and 500 cells/mm3 is permitted) 6.Plasma HIV-1 RNA < 50 copies/mL on at least two consecutive measurements* (including the screening value) within the previous 6 months prior to enrollment (occasional so called ‘blip’ up to 200 copies/mL is permitted) * If no measurement available in the last 6 months, a measurement performed in the last 12 months is accepted. 7.On stable c-ART without interruption for at least 18 months prior to screening 8.Willing to interrupt c-ART for up to 24 weeks and to change c-ART regimen if required 9.If sexually active, willing to use a reliable method of reducing the risk of transmission to their sexual partners during treatment interruption (which could include PrEP for their sexual partners) 10.If heterosexually active and able to have children, willing to use a highly effective method† of contraception with partner from 2 weeks before enrollment until 18 weeks after the last injection and until the end of the trial) †combined oral contraceptive pill; injectable or implanted contraceptive; IUD/IUS; physiological or anatomical sterility (inself or partner) 11.If women of childbearing potential‡, willing to undergo blood beta-HCG at screening and urine pregnancy tests prior to each injection ‡A woman will be considered of childbearing potential following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilisation methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. 12.Laboratory parameters at screening: - polynuclear neutrophils ≥ 1 000/mm3 - haemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL - platelets ≥ 100 000/mm3 - calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min - lipase ≤ 1.5 x N - AST, ALT, total bilirubin§ ≤ 2.5 x N - proteinuria ≤ 1 g/L (++) - anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) titer ≤ 1/320 - anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) ≤ 30 U - no lupus anticoagulant - except patients under atazanavir 13.Willing and able to comply with visit schedule and to provide blood samples according to the protocol 14.Written informed consent (at the latest the day of screening visit and before all exams to be done in the context of the trial) (article L1122-1-1 of French Code de la Santé Publique) 15.Participant covered by Health Insurance (article L1121-11 of French Code de la Santé Publique)
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1.Pregnant or breast-feeding woman 2.Woman expecting to conceive during the trial period 3.HIV-2 infection or co-infection 4.History of CDC category C clinical events (1993) 5.Previous known virological failures defined by loss of virological suppression with the presence of resistant mutations for at least 3 classes of antiretroviral drugs 6.Concomitant or previous conditions that preclude injection of vaccines 7.History of experimental vaccinations against HIV 8.Documented history of a serious ARs (SARs) to any vaccine 9.Previous treatment with chemotherapy (except for chemotherapy injected into skin lesions for Kaposi’s sarcoma) 10.Treatment with systemic corticoids or immuno-suppressive agents ongoing or in the previous 12 weeks before randomisation in the trial 11.Administration of an inactivated vaccine within 30 days or a live vaccine within 60 days prior to randomisation 12.Planned administration during the follow-up of participants of a vaccine other than those recommended in France as part of the usual care of patients 13.Presence of a skin condition or marking that precludes inspection of the injection site 14.History of psychiatric disorders 15.History of cancer (except basal cellular skin carcinoma or Kaposi’s sarcoma) 16.History of significant neurological disease, cardiovascular disease (angina, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, stroke); participants with controlled blood pressure are eligible 17.Personal history of clinical autoimmune disease or reactive arthritis or family history of rheumatoid arthritis (parents or siblings) 18.Ongoing diseases including uncontrolled active severe infection, cardiac, pulmonary (excluding mild asthma), thyroid, renal or neurological (peripheral or central) diseases 19.Progressive infection (not controlled at the time of inclusion), including syphilis 20.STI in the last year 21.Active or latent tuberculosis (unless prophylaxis in past as per local practice) 22.Liver disease including hepatitis B (positive HBs antigen and/or positive DNA) or hepatitis C (positive anti-HCV Ab or positive PCR) 23.Positive serology for HTLV1 24.A clinically significant abnormality on ECG according to the judgement of the investigator 25.History of severe local or general reaction to vaccination defined as a.local: extensive, indurated redness and swelling involving most of the antero-lateral thigh or the major circumference of the arm, not resolving within 72 hours b.general: fever 39.5oC within 48 hours; anaphylaxis; bronchospasm; laryngeal oedema; collapse; convulsions or encephalopathy within 72 hours 26.Grade 2 or worse routine laboratory parameters. Hyperbilirubinaemia to be considered an exclusion criterion only when confirmed to be conjugated bilirubinaemia 27.Difficult venous access for apheresis 28.History of anaphylaxis or proven allergy to an allergen that can be used during apheresis 29.History of documented bleeding diathesis, or any condition that may be associated with a prolonged bleeding time 30.Subject placed under judicial protection (article L1122-2 of French Code de la Santé Publique) 31.Subject participating in another research involving human subjects with an exclusion period still ongoing at the screening visit
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Virological efficacy endpoint (control of viral replication) •Dynamics of plasma HIV-1 RNA rebound during ATI: Area under the curve of plasma HIV-1 RNA during the ATI period from week 24 to 48 (or to the time of ART resumption) for participants eligible to interrupt ART at week 24 normalized for duration of ATI
Safety endpoint •Number and proportion of participants with a discontinuation of the randomized intervention strategy (i.e. discontinuation of injections) due to an adverse event that is considered related or possibly related to product(s) (arms 1 or 2)
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
Secondary safety endpoints: -changes in T CD4 lymphocytes in periods with and without c-ART -proportion of participants having T CD4 lymphocytes <350/mm3 after ART interruption (up to 6 months of ART interruption)
Number and proportions of participants with: -grade 3 and worse solicited clinical and laboratory adverse events -any event that results in resuming c-ART during the ATI -Serious Adverse Events -other clinical and laboratory adverse events
Secondary immunogenicity endpoints: -magnitude and polyfunctionality of vaccine induced CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses, determined by intracellular flow cytometry (ICS) at different time points during the vaccination period
Secondary virological endpoints: Until W48, i.e. after up to 6 months of antiretroviral treatment interruption: -slope of viral rebound during ATI -time from c-ART interruption to the earliest time of reaching detectable HIV-1 RNA ≥ 200 copies/mL on a separate sample -magnitude of viral load peak during ATI -magnitude of viral load setpoint during ATI -level of HIV-1 RNA copies/mL of plasma over time -time from start of ATI to reintroduction of c-ART -time to viral load suppression after restarting c-ART
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
- week 0 to week 52 (secondary safety endpoint) - week 0 to week 24 (secondary immunogenicity) - week 24 to week 48 (secondary virological endpoint) |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | Yes |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 10 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 10 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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The trial will be closed when the data entered into the database is checked and the safety database locked |
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 2 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |