Combination approaches will almost certainly be required to generate durable control of HIV in the absence of antiretroviral therapy (a "remission"). In this study, 20 individuals will receive a combination regimen administered during ART and then undergo an analytic treatment interruption (ATI).
Combinatorial Therapy With a Therapeutic Conserved Element DNA Vaccine, MVA Vaccine Boost, TLR9 Agonist and Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies: a Proof-of-concept Study Aimed at Inducing an HIV Remission
The investigators will perform a single arm study of twenty individuals with HIV infection on effective ART. All participants will receive a combination regimen administered during ART and then undergo an analytic treatment interruption. Our strategy has five stages
- IL-12 adjuvanted p24CE DNA prime (p24CE/IL-12) at Weeks 0 and 4
 - IL-12 adjuvanted DNA boost (p24CE plus p55gag) at Week 12
 - MVA/HIV62B (MVA62B) boost at Week 20
 - single dose of two bNAbs (VRC07-523LS and 10-1074, which target CD4 binding site and V3 loop, respectively) at week 24 with a TLR9 agonist (lefitolimod) administered weekly between Weeks 24 and 33 (10 doses)
 - ATI with single dose of VRC07 and 10-1074 at Week 34
 
Follow-up off ART will occur through at least Week 46 (expected) and on or off ART (depending on outcome) through Week 86.
Should this approach work, viral load would be expected to rebound in all individuals a few weeks after the bNAb levels decrease to sub-therapeutic levels. This acute rebound would be followed by a new lower viral load set-point and perhaps a long-term remission.