This trial will be test the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of GS-4774 (GI-13020) in various doses and dosing regimens in healthy adults at one center in the US. Subjects will be enrolled into 3 arms using a dose escalation scheme and randomized into one of two dosing regimen cohorts. There will be 10 subjects per arm/cohort (total of 60 subjects to achieve 48 evaluable subjects enrolled), with study completion in 9-12 months.
HBV specific T cell responses have been shown to have a positive association with infection status in patients with chronic HBV, with the weakest T cell responses in patients with untreated chronic active infection and the strongest T cell responses in patients who have achieved seroconversion or cure (4). We have generated a Tarmogen expressing well conserved regions of the HBV X, S, and core antigens (GS-4774). GS-4774 is immunogenic in murine models and has also been used to stimulate human immune cell samples ex vivo to elicit HBV specific T cell responses which could predict the immune responses in patients dosed with GS-4774. GS-4774 will be evaluated in this healthy volunteer study to assess its safety, tolerability, and ability to elicit HBV specific T cell responses. In the future GS-4774 could be used in combination with HBV antivirals, such as tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, in an attempt to improve HBsAg seroconversion (cure) rates in patients with chronic HBV infection.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
GS-4774 is a recombinant yeast-based biological product engineered to express HBV antigens. The product is a heat-killed yeast (S. cerevisiae) containing a chimera of HBV X, Score, and Core antigens.
Celerion
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Safety of GS-4774 at various doses
Frequency of serious adverse events Frequency and severity of common non-serious adverse events Frequency of discontinuations of therapy due to adverse events Common laboratory assessments (chemistry, hematology, urinalysis) Dose Limiting Toxicities
Time frame: 6 months
Immunogenicity of various doses and dosing regimens of GS-4774
Frequency and magnitude of antigen specific immune responses by enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot (ELISpot) assay for cytokine production, to include interferon gamma (IFNγ) Frequency and magnitude of antigen specific immune responses by lymphocyte proliferation assay (LPA) Frequency and magnitude of anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) responses Pentamer staining for HBV specific T cells Frequency of regulatory T cells (Treg) responses
Time frame: 6 months
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