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HIV InfectionsEP38NCT01055873

Immunology of the Infection Perinatal

An observational study of HIV Infections, run by French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

ANRS-EP38-IMMIP is a non interventional study. A single blood sample (30 mL) was drawn during a hospital visit for clinical follow-up. Immunological assays were performed on fresh blood. Cells and plasma were stored and kept frozen for additional biological evaluations. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 15 years and older
Conditions the study is for
HIV Infections
What is being tested?
A single blood sample (30 mL)
How many people
93 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Feb 2007to Feb 2009
Phase
Observational
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 15 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients are included in the French perinatal cohort (ANRS CO-10), or have been followed since before 1996 in the same clinical sites as patients who belong to ANRS CO-10. In the ANRS CO-10 cohort, all patients are prospectively followed from birth

Who may be able to join

  • Being included in the ANRS CO-10 cohort, or being followed in the same sites as such patients since before 1996
  • Being followed in the Paris area
  • HIV-1 infected through the perinatal route, and not HIV-2 co-infected
  • No therapeutic changes for at least 6 months; single molecule change without modification of viral load is tolerated.
  • Informed consent signed by the patients and by their legal guardians for those younger than 18.
  • Being affiliated to the Exclusion criteria French national social security system

Who cannot join

  • Not Being affiliated to the French national social security system

About this study

ANRS-EP38-IMMIP is a non interventional study. A single blood sample (30 mL) was drawn during a hospital visit for clinical follow-up. Immunological assays were performed on fresh blood. Cells and plasma were stored and kept frozen for additional biological evaluations.

Patients are included in the French perinatal cohort (ANRS CO-10), or have been followed since before 1996 in the same clinical sites as patients who belong to ANRS CO-10. In the ANRS CO-10 cohort, all patients are prospectively followed from birth.

Read the detailed description

Purpose:

Efficient anti-retroviral treatments lead to a significantly increased life expectancy. Children with perinatal infection are now reaching adulthood. The deleterious impact of viral replication during ontogenesis of the immune system, and the high thymic activity during the early years of life, preclude an extrapolation from data pertaining to the adult immune status and mean that specific pediatric studies are required. No data are available concerning the immune status of adolescents or young adults infected via materno-foetal transmission.

Detailed description:

Our assumption is that the duration of uncontrolled viral replication will affect the immune status after treatment because viral replication is associated with:

  1. disease progression independently of CD4+ T cell levels;
  2. accelerated senescence of the immune system;
  3. destruction of organs involved in the restoration of major immune cell populations.

The aims of the study are:

  1. to describe the immune and virological status of perinatally infected patients that are above 15 yrs old and
  2. to study their associations with :
  3. the current virological/clinical and therapeutic status,
  4. the duration of uncontrolled viremia (defined by treatment history),
  5. the virological, immunological (CD4+ numbers), and clinical status at time of HAART initiation.

The immune status will be defined by (1) the number and phenotype of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, regulatory T cells, and NK cells, (2) the functions (proliferation and cytokine production) of CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes that are specific for HIV, a recall antigen (tetanus toxoid) and other viruses (CMV, EBV and Flu),the repertoire of Natural Killer cell receptors.

The virological status will be defined by the level of HIV DNA in PBMCs, the HIV subtype, resistance mutations in archived and circulating virus and sequences of the regions of the viral envelope involved in co-receptor use.

Clinical, therapeutic, demographic, virological and immunological data are collected from birth for members of the ANRS CO-10 cohort, and will be collected retrospectively since diagnosis for non-included patients.

Conditions
HIV Infections
Being tested
A single blood sample (30 mL)
Keywords
immune status, adolescents or young adults infected, impact of viral replication
Medical subject headings
HIV Infections

What participants receive

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

  • A single blood sample (30 mL)Biological

    A single blood sample (30 mL) was drawn during a hospital visit for clinical follow-up. Immunological assays were performed on fresh blood. Cells and plasma were stored and kept frozen for additional biological evaluations

What is being measured

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

  1. To describe the immune and virological status of perinatally infected patients that are above 15 yrs old and

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. To study their associations with the current virological/clinical and therapeutic status, the duration of uncontrolled viremia (defined by treatment history), the virological, immunological (CD4+ numbers), and clinical status

Timeline

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

  1. First posted26 Jan 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2007
  3. Primary completionFeb 2009
  4. Study completionFeb 2009

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Observational
Enrolment
93 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01055873
Sponsor's protocol ID
2006-AO142-49
Acronym
EP38
Status last verified
Nov 2010
First submitted
24 Dec 2009
Last updated
18 Nov 2010
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Avettand-Fenoel V, Blanche S, Le Chenadec J, Scott-Algara D, Dollfus C, Viard JP, Bouallag N, Benmebarek Y, Riviere Y, Warszawski J, Rouzioux C, Buseyne F. Relationships between HIV disease history and blood HIV-1 DNA load in perinatally infected adolescents and young adults: the ANRS-EP38-IMMIP study. J Infect Dis. 2012 May 15;205(10):1520-8. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jis233. Epub 2012 Mar 15.

    PubMed 22427678

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of HIV Infections, run by French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis.

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 6 inclusion and 1 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 18 Nov 2010. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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.

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?

To describe the immune and virological status of perinatally infected patients that are above 15 yrs old and. 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 NCT01055873, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 18 Nov 2010.

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