Combination Vaccination and Broadly Neutralising Antibody Therapy in HIV
AbVax: Combination Vaccination and Broadly Neutralising Antibody Therapy in HIV to Induce a Protective T-cell 'Vaccinal Effect' - a Randomised Phase II Clinical Trial
University of Oxford
48 participants
Sep 5, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
There is no cure for HIV infection. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is widely available but requires daily, life-long intake. This can cause issues around side-effects, resistance, adherence and stigma. A new therapy, broadly neutralising antibodies, (bNAbs), may work as well as ART and may last longer - one dose can last six months. bNAbs appear to first target HIV viruses, then drive a protective immune response conferring long-term control, called the vaccinal effect. AbVax is a clinical trial to understand this effect and how to enhance it to give the strongest possible long-term protection for people living with HIV (PWH). The investigators are studying whether a combination of vaccines that attack HIV, a short period of treatment interruption induced viraemia (TIIV - stopping ART for a few weeks to allow a small amount of virus to return to the bloodstream) and bNABs will produce the most sustained immune protection.
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Interventions
solution for injection one dose of 2.5 x 10\^10 vp/ml Arm B and Arm C
solution for injection one dose of 2.5 x 10\^10 vp/ml Arm B and Arm C
suspension for injection two doses of 1 x 10\^8 vpu/ml Arm B and Arm C
Solution for infusion 2550 mg Arm A, Arm B and Arm C
Solution for infusion 850 mg Arm A, Arm B and Arm C
Participants pause ART before receiving vaccines and/or bNAbs Arm A and Arm C
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NCT07054931