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HIV InfectionsNCT00000875

Controlled Clinical Trial of Antiviral Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte (CTL) Infusion Following Combination Antiretroviral Drug Therapy for Asymptomatic HIV-1 Infection

A study testing Indinavir sulfate, Diphenhydramine hydrochloride and Lymphocytes, Activated in people with HIV Infections, run by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

To evaluate the safety of anti-HIV CTL therapy in early stage patients and to verify the safety when combined with antiviral therapy with zidovudine/lamivudine/indinavir and low-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
HIV Infections
What is being tested?
Indinavir sulfate, Diphenhydramine hydrochloride and Lymphocytes, Activated
How many people
16 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Start not givento Apr 2003
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients must have:
  • Serologically confirmed HIV-1 infection.
  • CD4 count >= 400/mm3.

Who cannot join

  • Co-existing Condition:
  • Patients with any of the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:
  • Symptoms of HIV-1 disease, except lymphadenopathy.
  • Symptoms of cardiac disease.
  • Evidence of clinical pulmonary disease.
  • Significant medical disease.
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  • Patients with any of the following prior conditions are excluded:
  • History of symptoms of HIV-1 disease, except lymphadenopathy.
  • Participation in another experimental AIDS treatment clinical trial within 4 weeks into entry.
  • History of significant psychiatric disease.
  • History of pancreatitis, history of neuropathy or neurotoxic drug therapy.
  • History of serious allergies requiring either systemic steroid therapy or prior hospitalization.
  • History of significant arrhythmia, infarction or heart failure. Immunomodulatory therapy such as steroids or cyclosporine, systemic chemotherapy or alpha-interferon.
  • Prior Medication: Exclusion:
  • Past treatment with any protease inhibitor.
  • History of neurotoxic drug therapy.
  • Risk Behavior: Excluded
  • Patients with current substance abuse.
  • Excessive alcohol intake.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • The Ctr For Blood Research Inc

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

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About this study

To evaluate the safety of anti-HIV CTL therapy in early stage patients and to verify the safety when combined with antiviral therapy with zidovudine/lamivudine/indinavir and low-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2). To compare the effects on plasma and cell-associated viral load following combination drug therapy with and without antiviral CTL in early-stage patients. To study in detail the immune effects of lowering viral burden with antiviral combination drugs with and without T cell infusion on antiviral CTL activity, viral suppression and proliferation, circulating T cell phenotype, T cell apoptosis, CD4 cell numbers, DTH reaction, and inflammatory cytokine levels.

In an HIV-infected person, there is an ongoing struggle between HIV replication and host immune control. In the past decade most therapeutic strategies have targeted the virus. This approach has been frustrated by viral mutation to evade drug sensitivity. Promising drugs have recently been approved and there are encouraging sustained results from combination antiviral chemotherapy. However, even the most potent drug regimens do not seem to be curative, may eventually lead to drug resistance and may not completely restore lost immune function. The addition of immune-based therapy to antiviral drugs may lead to better viral control.

Read the detailed description

In an HIV-infected person, there is an ongoing struggle between HIV replication and host immune control. In the past decade most therapeutic strategies have targeted the virus. This approach has been frustrated by viral mutation to evade drug sensitivity. Promising drugs have recently been approved and there are encouraging sustained results from combination antiviral chemotherapy. However, even the most potent drug regimens do not seem to be curative, may eventually lead to drug resistance and may not completely restore lost immune function. The addition of immune-based therapy to antiviral drugs may lead to better viral control.

This study has 2 regimens of 8 patients each. Patients are randomized as to CTL infusion only. Patients are stratified by viral load (less than 10,000 copies/ml vs. greater than or equal to 10,000 copies/ml). All patients receive combination drug therapy with AZT/3TC/indinavir for 9 months at which time patients have the option of continuing their study regimen another year or changing therapy. Patients in the T cell treatment regimen (regimen 2) receive 2 infusions of ex vivo expanded autologous anti-HIV CTL at 3 and 6 months after beginning AZT/3TC/indinavir therapy. The second infusion is administered with low-dose sc IL-2 1 day before and 4 days following T cell infusion.

Conditions
HIV Infections
Being tested
Indinavir sulfate, Diphenhydramine hydrochloride, Lymphocytes, Activated, Lamivudine, Zidovudine
Keywords
Drug Therapy, Combination, Immunotherapy, Adoptive, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, Anti-HIV Agents, Viral Load
Medical subject headings
HIV Infections

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted31 Aug 2001 (estimated)
  2. Primary completionApr 2003
  3. Study completionApr 2003

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Enrolment
16 participants
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00000875
Sponsor's protocol ID
SPIRAT 3
Status last verified
Apr 2003
First submitted
2 Nov 1999
Last updated
14 Dec 2016
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Indinavir sulfate, Diphenhydramine hydrochloride and Lymphocytes, Activated in people with HIV Infections, run by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 19 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 Dec 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early. Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 14 Dec 2016.

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