Pivotal Phase 2b/3 ALVAC/Bivalent gp120/MF59 HIV Vaccine Prevention Safety and Efficacy Study in South Africa

Summary

This study will evaluate the preventive vaccine efficacy, safety, and tolerability of ALVAC-HIV (vCP2438) + Bivalent Subtype C gp120/MF59 in HIV-seronegative South African adults over 24 months and potentially up to 36 months from enrollment.

Timeline

Start

2016-10-26

Primary completion

2021-11-16

Completion

2021-11-16

Publications

• Background Gray GE, Bekker LG, Laher F, Malahleha M, Allen M, Moodie Z, Grunenberg N, Huang Y, Grove D, Prigmore B, Kee JJ, Benkeser D, Hural J, Innes C, Lazarus E, Meintjes G, Naicker N, Kalonji D, Nchabeleng M, Sebe M, Singh N, Kotze P, Kassim S, Dubula T, Naicker V, Brumskine W, Ncayiya CN, Ward AM, Garrett N, Kistnasami G, Gaffoor Z, Selepe P, Makhoba PB, Mathebula MP, Mda P, Adonis T, Mapetla KS, Modibedi B, Philip T, Kobane G, Bentley C, Ramirez S, Takuva S, Jones M, Sikhosana M, Atujuna M, Andrasik M, Hejazi NS, Puren A, Wiesner L, Phogat S, Diaz Granados C, Koutsoukos M, Van Der Meeren O, Barnett SW, Kanesa-Thasan N, Kublin JG, McElrath MJ, Gilbert PB, Janes H, Corey L; HVTN 702 Study Team. Vaccine Efficacy of ALVAC-HIV and Bivalent Subtype C gp120-MF59 in Adults. N Engl J Med. 2021 Mar 25;384(12):1089-1100. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2031499.
• Background Moodie Z, Dintwe O, Sawant S, Grove D, Huang Y, Janes H, Heptinstall J, Omar FL, Cohen K, De Rosa SC, Zhang L, Yates NL, Sarzotti-Kelsoe M, Seaton KE, Laher F, Bekker LG, Malahleha M, Innes C, Kassim S, Naicker N, Govender V, Sebe M, Singh N, Kotze P, Lazarus E, Nchabeleng M, Ward AM, Brumskine W, Dubula T, Randhawa AK, Grunenberg N, Hural J, Kee JJ, Benkeser D, Jin Y, Carpp LN, Allen M, D'Souza P, Tartaglia J, DiazGranados CA, Koutsoukos M, Gilbert PB, Kublin JG, Corey L, Andersen-Nissen E, Gray GE, Tomaras GD, McElrath MJ. Analysis of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network 702 Phase 2b-3 HIV-1 Vaccine Trial in South Africa Assessing RV144 Antibody and T-Cell Correlates of HIV-1 Acquisition Risk. J Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24;226(2):246-257. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac260.
• Moodie Z, Li SS, Giorgi EE, Williams LD, Dintwe O, Carpp LN, Chen S, Seaton KE, Sawant SS, Zhang L, Heptinstall J, Liu S, Grunenberg N, Tomaka F, Rerks-Ngarm S, Pitisuttithum P, Nitayaphan S, Ake JA, Vasan S, Pantaleo G, Frank I, Baden LR, Goepfert PA, Keefer M, Chirenje M, Hosseinipour MC, Mngadi K, Laher F, Garrett N, Bekker LG, De Rosa S, Andersen-Nissen E, Kublin JG, Lu S, Gilbert PB, Gray GE, Corey L, McElrath MJ, Tomaras GD. A polyvalent DNA prime with matched polyvalent protein/GLA-SE boost regimen elicited the most robust and broad IgG and IgG3 V1V2 binding antibody and CD4+ T cell responses among 13 HIV vaccine trials. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2025 Dec;14(1):2485317. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2025.2485317. Epub 2025 Apr 7.
• Chihana R, Jin Kee J, Moodie Z, Huang Y, Janes H, Dadabhai S, Roxby AC, Allen M, Kassim S, Naicker V, Innes C, Naicker N, Dubula T, Grunenberg N, Malahleha M, Kublin JG, Bekker LG, Gray G, Kumwenda J, Laher F. Factors associated with reactogenicity to an investigational HIV vaccine regimen in HIV vaccine trials network 702. Vaccine. 2024 Aug 13;42(20):125991. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.05.039. Epub 2024 May 21.
• Laher F, Malahleha M, Ramirez S, Brumskine W, Otwombe K, Moodie Z, Allen M. Data quality in an HIV vaccine efficacy clinical trial in South Africa: through natural disasters and with discipline. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2023 Jun 24;23(1):147. doi: 10.1186/s12874-023-01967-9.
• Hanass-Hancock J, Carpenter B, Reddy T, Nzuza A, Gaffoor Z, Goga A, Andrasik M. Participants' characteristics and motivations to screen for HIV vaccine and monoclonal antibody trials in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Trials. 2021 Dec 11;22(1):897. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05792-7.

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