Safety and Efficacy of Romidepsin and the Therapeutic Vaccine Vacc-4x for Reduction of the Latent HIV-1 Reservoir

Summary

The REDUC trial's objective is to address one of the core issues with the treatment of HIV, which is that some HIV infected cells hide in so-called latent reservoirs. The reservoirs are unaffected by conventional HIV medication and invisible to the immune system. HDACi have the potential to activate these latently infected cells. This will make the HIV infected cells visible to the immune system; the immune response generate by Vacc-4x will be able to attack and eliminate the infected cells.

Timeline

Start

2014-03

Primary completion

2015-08

Completion

2015-12

Publications

• Leth S, Schleimann MH, Nissen SK, Hojen JF, Olesen R, Graversen ME, Jorgensen S, Kjaer AS, Denton PW, Mork A, Sommerfelt MA, Krogsgaard K, Ostergaard L, Rasmussen TA, Tolstrup M, Sogaard OS. Combined effect of Vacc-4x, recombinant human granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor vaccination, and romidepsin on the HIV-1 reservoir (REDUC): a single-arm, phase 1B/2A trial. Lancet HIV. 2016 Oct;3(10):e463-72. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30055-8. Epub 2016 Jul 7.
• Sogaard OS, Graversen ME, Leth S, Olesen R, Brinkmann CR, Nissen SK, Kjaer AS, Schleimann MH, Denton PW, Hey-Cunningham WJ, Koelsch KK, Pantaleo G, Krogsgaard K, Sommerfelt M, Fromentin R, Chomont N, Rasmussen TA, Ostergaard L, Tolstrup M. The Depsipeptide Romidepsin Reverses HIV-1 Latency In Vivo. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Sep 17;11(9):e1005142. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005142. eCollection 2015 Sep.

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