Safety and Effectiveness of Immunotherapy With Autologous HIV-Specific CD8 Cells in HIV Infected Adults

Summary

Effective, suppressive treatment for HIV infected patients can be a major challenge because HIV progressively destroys their immune systems. CD8 cells isolated from a patient's blood and grown in large numbers in the laboratory may increase a patient's immune system response to HIV. The purpose of this study is to determine if CD8 cells will provide effective antiviral activity against HIV when transplanted back in large numbers into HIV infected patients. Study hypothesis: There are specific cells in the immune system that recognize and can kill HIV-infected cells.

Timeline

Start

1998-09

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-04

Publications

• Chapuis AG, Casper C, Kuntz S, Zhu J, Tjernlund A, Diem K, Turtle CJ, Cigal ML, Velez R, Riddell S, Corey L, Greenberg PD. HIV-specific CD8+ T cells from HIV+ individuals receiving HAART can be expanded ex vivo to augment systemic and mucosal immunity in vivo. Blood. 2011 May 19;117(20):5391-402. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-11-320226. Epub 2011 Mar 21.

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