Immuno-virological Evaluation of Persons Living With HIV (PLWH)
Immuno-virological Evaluation of Persons Living With HIV (PLWH) Who Initiated Anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) During Acute HIV Infection and of PLWH on Long Term ART
University Hospital, Ghent
24 participants
Feb 13, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This is a dual arm (arm 1 and arm 2) multi-centric non-randomized (prospective) study. Two new multicentric cohorts will be set up in 4 Belgian HIV reference centers (UZ Gent, UZ Brussel, University Hospital Liege and St. Pierre Hospital Brussels): cohort 1 will comprise PLWH in whom ART was initiated during acute HIV infection minimum 3 years ago but no more than 10 years ago (short-term ART cohort); cohort 2 will comprise PLWH on ART since \>20 years (long-term ART cohort). Participants will be included based on suppressed viremia and uninterrupted ART since initiation. Participants will undergo one blood sampling and one leukapheresis. In and exclusion criteria are described below.
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Interventions
leucapheresis is a procedure in which a large amount of blood cells are obtained by an apheresis procedure
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NCT05973825