Innate-like and NK Signatures in Chronic-Treated HIV Infection INSTINCT-HIV (INSTINCT-HIV)
Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a chronic condition requiring lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART). Despite prolonged virological control under suppressive ART, HIV persists in the form of a stable viral reservoir known as the 'integrated' reservoir, mainly localised in CD4+ memory T cells, which constitutes the obstacle to a functional or sterilising cure of the infection. The immunological mechanisms involved in the control, stability or gradual depletion of this reservoir are still not fully understood.
Among the cellular populations of the innate immune system, Natural Killer (NK) cells play an important role in the trajectory of the reservoir by having the ability to eliminate HIV-infected cells. However, several studies have shown that these NK cells exhibit variable capabilities in eliminating such cells, suggesting that inter-individual heterogeneity in innate immune responses may contribute to the observed differences in the size and persistence of the viral reservoir in people living with HIV (PLHIV) on long-term suppressive ART. Functionally, interactions between NK cell receptors and class I HLA molecules (HLA I) strongly modulate the education, repertoire and effector functions of NK cells, indicating that the immunogenetics of the host's HLA I alleles is therefore a major determinant of this variability. Certain receptor/HLA I combinations, notably receptors known as KIRs, have been associated with differences in the progression of HIV infection and immunovirological control. Consequently, their role in the dynamics of the viral reservoir during prolonged suppressive ART needs to be explored. Finally, biological sex significantly influences anti-HIV immune responses, with females showing a favourable response. Whilst sex differences in NK cell function and immune activation have been described, the impact of biological sex on the dynamics of the HIV reservoir under prolonged suppressive ART remains largely unknown and requires further investigation
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- Nombre: Florence ADER, M.D.,PhD.
- Número de teléfono: +33 472071107
- Correo electrónico: florence.ader@chu-lyon.fr
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The target population consists of adults aged 18 years or over living with HIV who are being monitored by the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at the Hospices Civils de Lyon and who have been receiving prolonged, continuous, suppressive antiviral treatment for at least five full years.
Participants must meet the following criteria:
- a plasma viral load that has been consistently undetectable since the start of ART and for more than 5 years;
- must not have experienced, since the start of antiviral treatment, more than two isolated episodes of virological rebound ('blips') ≥ 100 copies/mL, measured in a peripheral blood sample taken during a routine consultation.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Be aged 18 or over;
- Be living with HIV-1 infection;
- Be under the care of the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at the Lyon university Hopsital (Hospices Civils de Lyon);
- Have been receiving continuous ART for at least 5 full years;
- Have a consistently undetectable plasma HIV viral load whilst on ART;
- Have experienced no more than two isolated episodes of virological rebound ('blips') ≥ 100 copies/mL;
- Have usable biological samples for the planned analyses and/or agree to the collection of samples required for the research;
- Have received written and verbal information about the research;
- Have signed the written consent form prior to any research-specific procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have taken part in an interventional therapeutic trial specifically targeting an HIV cure strategy likely to have a lasting effect on the immunological or virological parameters under investigation;
- Patients who have experienced more than two episodes of virological rebound ≥ 100 copies/mL whilst on ART;
- Pregnant women, women in labour or breastfeeding women;
- Persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative order;
- Persons subject to a legal protection order;
- Adults subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, curatorship);
- Persons admitted to a health or social care facility for purposes other than research;
- Persons receiving psychiatric care;
- Persons who have expressed their objection to participating in the research or to the use of their data and biological samples.
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- Modelos observacionales: COHORT
- Perspectivas temporales: PROSPECTIVE
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People living with HIV
Adult patients living with HIV who have been receiving prolonged, continuous, suppressive antiviral treatment for at least five full years. |
A 50 ml venous blood sample is taken upon the participant's enrolment |
¿Qué mide el estudio?
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Identifying immune profiles associated with better control of this reservoir.
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The primary endpoint is a composite measure combining the phenotypic and functional characterisation of NK cells and related cells of the innate immune system, and the number of mononuclear cells infected with HIV provirus (reservoir). |
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- Investigador principal: Florence ADER, M.D.,PhD., Hospices Civils de Lyon
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- Infecciones transmitidas por la sangre
- Enfermedades urogenitales
- Enfermedades Genitales
- Enfermedades del sistema inmunológico
- Infecciones
- Infecciones por virus de ARN
- Enfermedades virales
- Enfermedades contagiosas
- Enfermedades De Transmisión Sexual Virales
- Enfermedades de transmisión sexual
- Infecciones por lentivirus
- Infecciones por retroviridae
- Síndromes de deficiencia inmunológica
- Enfermedades de virus lentos
- Infecciones por VIH
- Síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida
- Técnicas de investigación
- Técnicas de laboratorio clínico
- Técnicas y procedimientos de diagnóstico
- Diagnóstico
- Pruebas hematológicas
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- 69HCL26_0720
- 2026-A02069-42 (Otro identificador: ID-RCB)
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