Investigators will examine the safety of and immune responses to two vaccines expressing synthetic HIV proteins: NYVAC-B (a poxvirus), and rAd5 (an adenovirus). The study will compare responses in participants receiving NYVAC-B first, and rAd5 later, to those who receive rAd5 first, and NYVAC-B later. A different dose of rAd5 will be tested in each group.
In order to halt the HIV pandemic an effective vaccine must be developed. In this study, investigators will examine the safety and immune response to a prime-boost strategy using two different vaccine regimens, NYVAC-B and rAd5. Eighty participants will be recruited to this study. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of four different groups (study arms). Each group will receive both study vaccines and placebo but at different times. All NYVAC-B vaccine doses will be the same, but the doses of the rAD5 vaccine will differ from group to group. Some participants in each group will receive only placebo. Participants will visit the study clinic about 13 times over the course of 12 months and be contacted for follow-up for 4 years. All study injections will be given in the same upper arm area. There will be a total of four injections during the course of the study. After each injection, participants will need to stay in the clinic for at least 25 minutes to check for any adverse reactions. Additionally, participants will need to monitor their own health on the evening after the injection and for the next three evenings, by taking their temperature and making notes of any noticed side effects. Tools will be provided to accomplish both of these tasks. During these few days following the injection, study investigators will need to maintain contact with participants (the participant will specify the best mode of contact). Certain clinical procedures will be performed during the course of this study including regular HIV testing and counseling, physical exams, collection of blood and urine, pregnancy tests if applicable, questions about health and medications, questions about HIV risk and sexual behaviors, and any personal problems or benefits participants may have experienced from participating in the study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
80
New York Vaccinia (NYVAC) vector for HIV-1, delivered intramuscularly by injection at a dose of 1 x 10 \^7 PFU
Sodium Chloride for injection, delivered intramuscularly
Recombinant adenoviral serotype 5 (rAd5) vector vaccine, delivered by injection intramuscularly at a dose of 1 x 10\^10 PFU
BH10/513
Lausanne, Switzerland
BT06/614
Lausanne, Switzerland
Local and systemic reactogenicity signs and symptoms, laboratory measures of safety, and adverse events and serious adverse events meeting expedited adverse (EAE) criteria
Time frame: Throughout study
Magnitude and frequency of T-cell response as measured by ELISpot and/or intracellular cytokine staining (ICS) assay 2 weeks post 4th vaccination
Time frame: At 2 Weeks following 4th Vaccination
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Recombinant adenoviral serotype 5 (rAd5) vector vaccine, delivered by injection intramuscularly at a dose of 1 x 10\^9 PFU
Recombinant adenoviral serotype 5 (rAd5) vector vaccine, delivered by injection intramuscularly at a dose of 1 x 10\^8 PFU