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作者: Lucero, Constanza ; Climent, Nuria ; Cepeda, Victoria ; García, Felipe ; Puertas, María C. ; Rosàs, Miriam ; Benito, José M. ; Mothe, Beatriz ; Guardo, Alberto C. ; Brander, Christian ; Alvarez-Fernández, Carmen ; Gómez, Carmen Elena ; Alcamí, José ; Arnaiz, Joan Albert ; Perdiguero, Beatriz ; León, Agathe ; Alvarez, Carmen ; Sánchez, Sonsoles ; López Bernaldo de Quirós, Juan Carlos ; Muñoz-Fernández, María Angeles ; Blanco, Julià ; Jiménez, José Luis ; Torres, Berta ; Martinez-Picado, Javier ; Sánchez-Palomino, Sonsoles ; García-Arriaza, Juan ; Gatell, Jose M. ; Leal, Lorna ; Peña, José ; Gómez, Carmen E. ; Carrillo, Jorge ; Esteban, Mariano ; Jiménez, Laura ; Blanco, Juliá ; Rallón, Norma ; Gonzalez, Nuria ; Sánchez-Sorzano, Carlos Oscar ; Muñoz-Fernández, María Ángeles ; Pich, Judit ; Cobarsi, Patricia ; Clotet, Bonaventura ; Plana, Montserrat
AbstractObjectivesThe safety, immunogenicity, impact on the latent reservoir and rebound of viral load after therapeutic HIV-1 vaccination with recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara-based (MVA-B) HIV-1 vaccine expressing monomeric gp120 and the fused Gag-Pol-Nef polyprotein of clade B with or without a drug to reactivate latent HIV-1 (disulfiram) were assessed.MethodsHIV-1-infected patients were randomized to receive three injections of MVA-B (n = 20) or placebo (n = 10). Twelve patients (eight who received vaccine and four who were given placebo) received a fourth dose of MVA-B followed by 3 months of disulfiram. Combined ART (cART) was discontinued 8 weeks after the last dose of MVA-B. Clinical Trials.gov identifier: NCT01571466.ResultsMVA-B was safe and well tolerated. A minor, but significant, increase in the T cell responses targeting vaccine inserts of Gag was observed [a median of 290, 403 and 435 spot-forming-cells/106 PBMCs at baseline, after two vaccinations and after three vaccinations, respectively; P = 0.02 and P = 0.04]. After interruption of cART, a modest delay in the rebound of the plasma viral load in participants receiving vaccine but not disulfiram was observed compared with placebo recipients (P = 0.01). The dynamics of the viral load rebound did not change in patients receiving MVA-B/disulfiram. No changes in the proviral reservoir were observed after disulfiram treatment.ConclusionsMVA-B vaccination was a safe strategy to increase Gag-specific T cell responses in chronically HIV-1-infected individuals, but it did not have a major impact on the latent reservoir or the rebound of plasma viral load after interruption of cART when given alone or in combination with disulfiram.