Analysis of Immune Responses to HIV Vaccines

September 17, 2007 updated by: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Flow Cytometry Study of T Cell Responses to HIV Vaccines

This study will evaluate a test designed to measure immune system responses to HIV and HIV vaccines.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

Assays for HIV-specific human CD4 and CD8 T cell immunity are needed in order to evaluate the immune response to HIV vaccines. Such assays should be robust, reproducible, and amenable to high throughput analysis of clinical specimens. Cytokine flow cytometry (CFC) assays can reliably and specifically detect human CD4 and CD8 T cell responses to AIDS-related opportunistic infections, including those caused by cytomegalovirus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the Mycobacterium avium complex, cryptococcus, and human papillomavirus. The purpose of this study is to devise and evaluate a similar CFC assay for the detection and quantitation of CD4 and CD8 T cell responses against HIV.

This study will evaluate a "Gag-IFNg CFC" assay by comparing the results of this assay with results from other assays of immune phenotype and function in long-term nonprogressors, untreated patients with progressive HIV disease, and recipients of candidate HIV vaccines. The study will also examine HIV-specific immune responses in HIV infected individuals who appear to exhibit significant immune protection from HIV disease.

Participants in this study will be drawn from other studies currently underway. As a part of those studies, participants will have regular blood tests. Blood samples from those studies will be used in this study. No participants will be directly enrolled in this study.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment

200

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94103
        • Core Immunology Laboratory

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Blood samples from 5 cohorts of HIV infected individuals and 2 cohorts of HIV uninfected individuals will be evaluated.

Varying stages of HIV disease are represented in these cohorts, including:

  • Individuals who have been exposed but who have not seroconverted
  • Individuals who have recently seroconverted
  • HAART-treated patients who receive immune modulators such as IL-2 and therapeutic immunization
  • HAART-treated patients who undergo structured treatment interruptions
  • HAART-treated patients who have durable suppression of viremia
  • HAART-treated patients who experience incomplete suppression of viremia
  • HAART-treated patients followed with careful drug adherence monitoring
  • Long-term nonprogressors
  • Untreated progressors

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Joseph M. McCune, MD, PhD, University of California at San Francisco

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2003

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 12, 2003

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 15, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

September 16, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 18, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 17, 2007

Last Verified

August 1, 2007

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 5R01AI047062-03 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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