Safety and Effectiveness of an Adjuvant in Improving Immune Response to Hepatitis B Virus Vaccine in HIV Infected Individuals

Summary

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a naturally occurring substance that is made by the body in response to infection or inflammation, and greatly improves cellular immune responses. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of GM-CSF as an adjuvant to improve the immune response to hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination in HIV infected individuals.

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Primary completion

2007-11

Completion

2008-09

Publications

• Background Bica I, McGovern B, Dhar R, Stone D, McGowan K, Scheib R, Snydman DR. Increasing mortality due to end-stage liver disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Feb 1;32(3):492-7. doi: 10.1086/318501. Epub 2001 Jan 23.
• Background Laurence JC. Hepatitis A and B immunizations of individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Am J Med. 2005 Oct;118 Suppl 10A:75S-83S. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.07.024.
• Background Sasaki Md, Foccacia R, de Messias-Reason IJ. Efficacy of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) as a vaccine adjuvant for hepatitis B virus in patients with HIV infection. Vaccine. 2003 Nov 7;21(31):4545-9. doi: 10.1016/s0264-410x(03)00500-0.
• Background Thio CL, Seaberg EC, Skolasky R Jr, Phair J, Visscher B, Munoz A, Thomas DL; Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. HIV-1, hepatitis B virus, and risk of liver-related mortality in the Multicenter Cohort Study (MACS). Lancet. 2002 Dec 14;360(9349):1921-6. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)11913-1.
• Results Overton ET, Kang M, Peters MG, Umbleja T, Alston-Smith BL, Bastow B, Demarco-Shaw D, Koziel MJ, Mong-Kryspin L, Sprenger HL, Yu JY, Aberg JA. Immune response to hepatitis B vaccine in HIV-infected subjects using granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) as a vaccine adjuvant: ACTG study 5220. Vaccine. 2010 Aug 2;28(34):5597-604. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.06.030. Epub 2010 Jun 23.
• Anthony DD, Umbleja T, Aberg JA, Kang M, Medvik K, Lederman MM, Peters MG, Koziel MJ, Overton ET. Lower peripheral blood CD14+ monocyte frequency and higher CD34+ progenitor cell frequency are associated with HBV vaccine induced response in HIV infected individuals. Vaccine. 2011 Apr 27;29(19):3558-63. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.02.092. Epub 2011 Mar 11.

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