Ongoing Trials of Preventive HIV Vaccines

Last updated: September 27, 2007

Trial No. Sponsor
Manufacturer
Start Date Sites (No.) Vaccine(s) Antigen Clade Comment
Phase III (Large-size trials in high-risk populations; test vaccine efficacy)
RV144 WRAIR, AFRIMS, MoH; Aventis, VaxGen October 2003 Thailand (several) ALVAC vCP1521
AIDSVAX B/E
env (E), gag/pol
(B) env (B, E)
B, E
B, E
16,000 healthy normal HIV negative adult volunteers
Phase II (Mid-size trials in low- & high-risk populations; test vaccine safety, immunogenicity)
HVTN 502/
Merck 023
HVTN, Merck;
Merck
December 2004 US (12), Canada (1), Peru (2), Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Puerto Rico (1), Australia (1) MRKAd5 HIV-1 gag/pol/nef gag, pol, nef B To test whether cellular immune response generated by Merck’s vaccine is potent enough to impact infection with HIV in 1,500 at-risk volunteers
ANRS
VAC 18
ANRS; Aventis September 2004 France (6) LIPO-5 5 lipopeptides containing CTL epitopes (from Gag, Pol, Nef) B CompareCD8 response of 3 doses of LIPO-5 versus placebo
IAVI 010 IAVI; KAVI February 2003 UK; Kenya DNA.HIVA
MVA.HIVA
gag + 25 CTL epitopes
gag + 25 CTL epitopes
A
A
HIV-DNA +/-MVA boost
Phase I/II (Mid-sized trials in low-risk populations; test vaccine safety, immunogenicity)
HVTN 042/
ANRS VAC 19
HVTN, ANRS; Aventis June 2004 US (13) LIPO-5
ALVAC-HIV (vCP1452)
See above
See above
B
B
To evaluate safety and immunogenicity of LIPO-5 alone, vCP1452 alone, and ALVAC prime/LIPO-5 boost
GTU-MultiHIV FIT Biotech February 2004 Finland GTU-MultiHIV B clade nef, rev, tat, gag, pol, env, CTL epitopes B Immunogenicity of GTU-MultiHIV clade B DNA after intradermal and intramuscular injection.
HVTN 052 HVTN; Vical December 2003 US (10) VRC-HIVDNA-009-00-VP gag, pol, nef
env
B
A,B,C
Phase IB, safety, immunogenicity of multiclade DNA Vaccine
N/A UNSW; AVC June 2003 Australia pHIS-HIV-B
rFPV-HIV-B
gag, RT, rev, tat, vpu, env
gag, RT, rev, tat, vpu, env
B
B
DNA Vaccine + fowlpox boost
Phase I (Small trials in low-risk populations; test vaccine safety, immunogenicity)
IAVI C002 IAVI; IDT January 2005 US (2) ADMVA env/gag-pol, nef-tat C Safety, immunogenicity of an MVA vector vaccine
HVTN 057 NIAID, VRC November 2004 US (12) VRC-HIVADV014-00-VP gag/pol polyprotein
env
B
A,B,C
Safety, immune response to VRC-HIVADV014-00-VP, when given as a booster to already vaccinated adults (HVTN 052)
HVTN 059 NIAID, AlphaVax October 2004 US (5), South Africa, Botswana AVX101 (VEE) gag C Safety, immunogenicity of an alphavirus replicon
VRC 007
(04-I-0254)
NIAID/VRC August 2004 US (1) VRC-HIVDNA016-00-VP gag, pol, nef
env
B
A, B, C
Safety, immunogenicity of a 6-plasmid multiclade HIV-1 DNA vaccine
HVTN 055 NIAID; Therion July 2004 US (6) TBC-M358 (MVA)
TBC-M335 (MVA)
TBC-F357 (FPV)
TBC-F349 (FPV)
env, gag
tat, rev, nef,
RT
env, gag
tat, rev, nef
, RT
B
B
B
B
Safety, immunogenicity of MVA-HIV and rFPV-HIV  alone or in combination.
ANRS
VAC 16
ANRS;
Biovector SA
July 2004 France (6) LIPO-4T (LPHIV-1) 4 lipopeptides containing CTL epitopes (from Gag, Pol-RT, Pol, Nef) B Safety and immunogenicity of lipopeptides LIPO-4T, by two administration routes.
VRC 006
(04-I-0172)
NIAID; GenVec May 2004 US VRC-HIVADV014-00-VP gag/pol polyprotein
env
B
A,B,C
Safety, tolerability, immune response of a multiclade HIV adenoviral vector vaccine in uninfected adults.
N/A AVANT; NIAID; WRAIR May 2004 US LFn-p24 Anthrax-derived polypeptide LFn
gag p24 protein
B 18 health volunteers. Aim: inducing strong and persistent HIV-1 gag specific CD8 T Cell responses.
HVTN 056 NIAID, Wyeth April 2004 US (7) HIV CTL MEP CTL epitopes from env or gag B Safety of and immune response to a new HIV vaccine: HIV CTL MEP
UMMS
vaccine
UMMS; ABL April 2004 US DNA
Proteins
gag + 5 env
5 recombinant gp120
A,B,C,E
A,B,C,E
DNA prime: 1 gag gene (C) + 5 env genes (A, 2 B, C, E). Boost: 5 gp120 (same isolates as DNA). Adjuvant: QS21.
HVTN 050/
Merck 018
NIAID; Merck September 2004 Malawi, South Africa MRKAd5 HIV-1 gag B Replication defective Ad-5 vector
IAVI A001 IAVI; Targeted Genetics December 2003 Belgium (2); Germany (2); India (1) tgAAC09 AAV gag, protease, rt C Recombinant AAV vector; single shot
IAVI C001 IAVI; ADARC; Vical December 2003 US (2) ADVAX DNA gag, env, pol, nef, tat C Multi-gene approach
HVTN 049 HVTN; Chiron December 2003 US (8) Gag and Env DNA/PLG
Oligomeric gp140/MF59
gag, env DNA/PLG;
Oligomeric gp140
B
B
Safety, Immunogenicity of DNA/PLG and env DNA/PLG prime, oligomeric gp140/MF59 boost
HVTN 044 HVTN; Vical December 2003 US (3) VRC-HIVDNA-009-00-VP gag, pol, nef
env
B
A,B,C
Safety, immunogenicity of of multiclade DNA Vaccine with IL-2/Ig DNA adjuvant
IAVI 011 IAVI, SAAVI
IDT
November 2003 South Africa (2), UK (1), Switzerland (1) MVA-HIVA gag + 25 CTL epitopes A Dose response
EnvPro St Jude's September 2003 US EnvPro protein gp140 D Purified env protein
ISS P-001 ISS; Excell August 2003 Italy (4) HIV-1 Tat protein tat B Safety, immunogenicity of the recombinant HIV-1 Tat protein in healthy HIV-negative volunteers.
MRKAd5 + ALVAC Merck; Aventis Pasteur 2003 US (17) MRKAd5 HIV-1; ALVAC vCP205 gag
env, gag, pol
B MRKAd5 HIV-1 prime, ALVAC vCP205 boost
HVTN 040 NIAID; SAAVI
AlphaVAX
July 2003 US (4); South Africa (2) AVX101 VEE gag C Safety and immunogenicity of VEE vector
ANRS
VAC 14
ANRS; Aventis June 2003 France (2) gp160MN/LAI-2 gp120 (MN strain),
gp41 (LAI strain)
B Safety and immunogenicity, using several routes
HVTN 048 NIAID; Epimmune April 2003 US (2); Botswana EP HIV-1090 DNA 21 CTL epitopes from gag, pol, env, nef, rev, vpr B Safety and immunogenicity
VRC 004
(03-I-0022)
NIAID/VRC; Vical November 2002 US VRC-HIVDNA009-00-VP gag, pol,nef (clade B);
env (clades A, B, C)
A, B, C Safety and immunogenicity of a multiclade vaccine
B011;
RV 138
WRAIR; Aventis July 2002 US ALVAC-HIV vCP205 env, gag, pol B Response to vaccine subcutaneously (via dendtritic cells), intradermally, or intramuscularly
VRC 004
(03-I-0022)
NIAID/VRC; Vical November 2002 US VRC-HIVDNA009-00-VP gag, pol,nef (clade B);
env (clades A, B, C)
A, B, C Safety and immunogenicity of a multiclade vaccine
B011;
RV 138
WRAIR; Aventis July 2002 US ALVAC-HIV vCP205 env, gag, pol B Response to vaccine subcutaneously (via dendtritic cells), intradermally, or intramuscularly
N/A Merck 2002 US gag DNA gag B Dose response
01-I-0079 NIAID/VRC; Vical January 2001 US VRC4302 DNA gag, pol B Dose and immune response
N/A Merck 2001 US gag DNA
Ad5 gag
gag
gag
B
B
Evaluation of DNA vs. Ad5 prime + Ad5 boost
ABL: Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc.; ADARC: Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center; AFRIMS: Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand, is a joint U.S.-Royal Thai Army Command; AlphaVax: AlphaVax Human Vaccines Inc.; ANRS: Agence Nationale de Recherche sur le SIDA; AVANT: AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc.; AVC: Australian Vaccine Consortium; Aventis: Aventis Pasteur; CAN: Canada; Chiron: Chiron Corporation; CTL: cytotoxic T-lymphocyte; Epimmune: Epimmune Inc.; Excell: Excell Biotech; GSK: GlaxoSmithKline; HVTN: HIV Vaccine Trials Network; IAVI: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative; IDT: Impfstoffwerk Dessau Tornau GmbH; ISS: Istituto Superiore di Sanità; KAVI: Kenyan AIDS Vaccine Initiative; MoH: Ministry of Health (Thailand); MRC: UK Medical Research Council; NIAID: U.S. National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NL: Netherlands; PACTG: Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group; PR: Puerto Rico; SAAVI: South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative; St Jude’s: St Jude’s Childrens Hospital; Therion: Therion Biologics Corporation; TT: Tetanus Toxoid; UMMS: University of Massachusetts Medical School; UNSW: University of New South Wales; US: United States; UVRI: Uganda Virus Research Institute; VEE: Venezuelan equine encephalitis; Vical: Vical Inc.; VRC: Vaccine Research Center; WRAIR: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research