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HIV-1 InfectionPhase 2ERAMUNE-01NCT01019551

Therapeutic Intensification Plus Immunomodulation in HIV-infected Patients

A Phase 2 study testing ART Intensification and Immunomodulation in people with HIV-1 Infection, run by Objectif Recherche Vaccins SIDA at 5 sites in 4 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

Viral eradication in selected HIV-infected patients is possible with intensive antiretroviral therapy plus immunomodulation Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 70 years
Conditions the study is for
HIV-1 Infection
What is being tested?
ART Intensification and Immunomodulation
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
29 participants
Where
5 sitesin 4 countries
Study dates
Sep 2010to Feb 2013
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • HIV-1 infection, documented by any licensed ELISA test kit and confirmed by Western Blot at any time prior to study entry. HIV-1 culture, HIV-1 antigen, plasma HIV-1 RNA, or a second antibody test by a method other than ELISA is acceptable as an alternative confirmatory test
  • 18 ≤ Age ≤ 70 years
  • At least 3 years of suppressive ART without any interruption (less than one month cumulative),
  • ART treatment unchanged in the 3 months prior to screening
  • One HIV plasma viral load (RNA) documented at least 3 years prior to entry, and at least 2 HIV plasma viral loads (RNA) documented per year thereafter
  • HIV plasma viral load (RNA) ≤ 500 copies/ml at least 3 years prior to entry and HIV plasma viral load ≤ 500 copies/ml for ≥ 90% of the measures thereafter
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  • HIV plasma viral load (RNA) below the limit of detection for all values within the past year. Note: the assay used must have a lower limit of detection of 75 copies/ml or less
  • CD4+ count ≥ 350 cells/mm3 within 60 days of entry
  • 10 ≤ Proviral DNA ≤ 1000 copies/106 PBMCs within 60 days of entry
  • Documented laboratory values: Haemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dl, Platelets ≥ 100,000 per microliter, Hepatic transaminases ≤ 2.5 x ULN, Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 ml/min by the Cockcroft-Gault equation
  • All subjects must agree not to participate in the conception process (e.g. active attempt to become pregnant or to impregnate, sperm donation, in vitro fertilization), and if participating in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy, the subject/partner must use at least two reliable forms of contraceptives (condoms, with or without spermicidal agent, a diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide, an IUD, or hormone-based contraception), while receiving study treatment and for 6 weeks after stopping study treatment
  • Ability and willingness to provide informed consent.

Who cannot join

  • Sexually active men and women who will not practice at least one form of barrier birth control (male partner using condoms, female partner using condoms, other barrier contraception, etc)
  • Pregnancy as documented by a urine pregnancy test, or lactating women
  • Hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg) positive
  • Hepatitis C virus (HCV-Ab) positive or HCV RNA detectable
  • Previous use of an integrase inhibitor (ie raltegravir) or a CCR5 inhibitor (ie maraviroc, vicriviroc). Use of raltegravir for non-treatment failure indications such as intensification and toxicity switches is allowed, provided that 1) virologic suppression was maintained before, during and after raltegravir treatment and 2) the patient has not received raltegravir treatment in the 6 months prior to study entry.
  • Previous immunologic therapeutic intervention (e.g. IL-2, IL-7) within the past year
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  • Participation in another clinical drug or device trial where the last dose of drug was within the past 30 days or an investigational medical device is currently implanted
  • Diagnosis of cancer within the last 5 years (except basal cell cutaneous cancers and cutaneous KS not requiring systemic therapy)
  • Co-morbid condition with an expected survival less than 12 months
  • History of hypersensitivity to vaccination
  • History of autoimmune disease, such as systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) or Hashimoto's thyroiditis
  • Active drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the opinion of the center investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements.

Trial locations and contacts

5 sites in 4 countries.

5 sites in 4 countries

Spain2 sites
  • Fundacio Irsicaixa

    Badalona, 08916

  • University Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

    Barcelona, 08036

Other trials in Spain

France1 site
  • Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière

    Paris, 75013

Other trials in France

Italy1 site
  • San Raffaele Scientific Institute

    Milan, 20127

Other trials in Italy

United Kingdom1 site
  • Royal Free Hospital

    London, NW3 2QG

Other trials in United Kingdom

About this study

Official title: International, Multicenter, Randomized, Non-comparative Controlled Study of Therapeutic Intensification Plus Immunomodulation in HIV-infected Patients With Long-term Viral Suppression

Viral eradication in selected HIV-infected patients is possible with intensive antiretroviral therapy plus immunomodulation

Read the detailed description

The overall strategy of the ERAMUNE 01 Trial is to treat selected patients with an optimal synergistic antiretroviral regimen plus one or more immunomodulating agents. Among immunomodulating treatments the candidates include therapies from two functional classes: 1) agents that target actively replicating cells and 2) agents activating latently infected cells31.

The novelty of this approach is three-fold: first, the use of highly potent antiretroviral therapy combining drugs with different HIV enzymes targets or receptors and different penetrations in cells, with the aim to suppress virus to truly undetectable levels as measured by the most sophisticated viral quantification techniques; secondly, the addition of an immunomodulatory therapy that specifically targets viral reservoirs to this intensification strategy; and lastly, the rigorous selection of patients having already a low HIV reservoir as measured by peripheral blood HIV DNA content. To our knowledge, this type of strategy has not been implemented. We believe this strategy is feasible.

Conditions
HIV-1 Infection
Being tested
ART Intensification, Immunomodulation
Keywords
Controlled viremia, Viral reservoirs, Virus eradication, Therapeutic intensification, Immunointervention

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • ART IntensificationDrug

    Current ART regimen plus raltegravir and maraviroc Raltegravir : 400 mg PO BID for 56 weeks Maraviroc : 150, 300 or 600 mg PO BID depending on concomitant ART treatment, for 56 weeks

  • ImmunomodulationBiological

    Starting at Week 8, 1 cycle of 3 injections (1 per week) of recombinant human Interleukin-7 (r-hIL-7 / CYT107) at a 20 µg/kg dose.

Study groups in NCT01019551
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
ARM A : ART intensification aloneExperimentalRaltegravir PO 400 mg BID Maraviroc PO 150, 300 or 600 mg BID depending on the concomitant ART regimen
Receives: Drug: ART Intensification
ARM B : ART intensification + ImmunomodulationExperimentalRaltegravir PO 400 mg BID during 56 weeks Maraviroc PO 150, 300 or 600 mg BID depending on the concomitant ART regimen during 56 weeks 3 weekly injections of r-hIL-7 (CYT107) at a 20 micrograms/kg dose starting at Week 8
Receives: Drug: ART Intensification; Biological: Immunomodulation

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Decrease from baseline in HIV proviral DNA in the PBMCs at week 56 of at least 0.5 log, as expressed as numbers of HIV DNA copies per million PBMCs

    Measured: End of study

Secondary outcomes (12)
  1. Percentage of patients with undetectable HIV DNA (< 1 copy/million PBMCs) after 56 weeks

    Measured: End of study

  2. Change from baseline in HIV proviral DNA in any of the sub-compartments explored (gut lymphoid tissue), as expressed as numbers of HIV DNA copies per million mononuclear cells

    Measured: From Day 0 to Week 56

  3. Change from baseline in HIV proviral DNA in the CD4 T cell subsets, as expressed as numbers of HIV DNA copies per million CD4 T cells

    Measured: From Day 0 to Week 56

  4. Changes from baseline in HIV plasma viral load (number of copies of HIV RNA per millilitre), measured by quantitative ultrasensitive PCR

    Measured: From Day 0 to Week 56

  5. Proportion of patients without inducible HIV RNA, DNA and/or p24

    Measured: End of study

  6. Changes from baseline in CD4 lymphocyte count

    Measured: From Day 0 to Week 56

  7. Changes in the activation and differentiation markers of the CD4 and CD8 peripheral blood T cells

    Measured: End of study

  8. Development of a mathematical model exploring the dynamics of the HIV-DNA decay

    Measured: From Day 0 to Week 56

  9. Development of a mathematical model exploring the dynamics of T cells activation (CD38)

    Measured: From Day 0 to Week 56

  10. Genetic determinants influencing HIV-1-specific immune response and HIV control

    Measured: End of study

  11. Antiretroviral drugs pharmacokinetics in the blood and rectal mucosa

    Measured: From Day 0 to Week 56

  12. Safety and tolerability of the intensified treatment regimen and immunomodulatory therapy

    Measured: From Day 0 to Week 56

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted25 Nov 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2010
  3. Primary completionJul 2012
  4. Study completionFeb 2013

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
29 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01019551
Sponsor's protocol ID
ORVACS 010
Acronym
ERAMUNE-01
Status last verified
Jun 2013
First submitted
23 Nov 2009
Last updated
13 Jun 2013
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Murphy RL, Autran B, Katlama C, Brucker G, Debre P, Calvez V, Clotet B, Clumeck N, Costagliola D, Deeks SG, Dorrell L, Gatell J, Haase A, Klein M, Lazzarin A, McMichael AJ, Papagno L, Schacker TW, Wain-Hobson S, Walker BD, Youle M. A step ahead on the HIV collaboratory. Science. 2009 Jun 5;324(5932):1264-5. doi: 10.1126/science.324_1264b. No abstract available.

    PubMed 19498149
  • Lewin SR, Rouzioux C. HIV cure and eradication: how will we get from the laboratory to effective clinical trials? AIDS. 2011 Apr 24;25(7):885-97. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283467041.

    PubMed 21422987
  • Lafeuillade A. Eliminating the HIV reservoir. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2012 Jun;9(2):121-31. doi: 10.1007/s11904-012-0115-y.

    PubMed 22415474
  • Cohen J. The emerging race to cure HIV infections. Science. 2011 May 13;332(6031):784-5, 787-9. doi: 10.1126/science.332.6031.784. No abstract available.

    PubMed 21566173
  • Lewin SR, Evans VA, Elliott JH, Spire B, Chomont N. Finding a cure for HIV: will it ever be achievable? J Int AIDS Soc. 2011 Jan 24;14:4. doi: 10.1186/1758-2652-14-4.

    PubMed 21255462
  • Katlama C, Lambert-Niclot S, Assoumou L, Papagno L, Lecardonnel F, Zoorob R, Tambussi G, Clotet B, Youle M, Achenbach CJ, Murphy RL, Calvez V, Costagliola D, Autran B; EraMune-01 study team. Treatment intensification followed by interleukin-7 reactivates HIV without reducing total HIV DNA: a randomized trial. AIDS. 2016 Jan;30(2):221-30. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000894.

    PubMed 26684819

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing ART Intensification and Immunomodulation in people with HIV-1 Infection, run by Objectif Recherche Vaccins SIDA at 5 sites in 4 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 12 inclusion and 12 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Jun 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 5 sites in Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Decrease from baseline in HIV proviral DNA in the PBMCs at week 56 of at least 0.5 log, as expressed as numbers of HIV DNA copies per million PBMCs (time frame: End of study). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01019551, which also lists 6 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Jun 2013.

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