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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2014

Challenges in HIV Vaccine Research for Treatment and Prevention.

Barbara Ensoli, Aurelio Cafaro, Paolo Monini, Simone Marcotullio, Fabrizio Ensoli

9 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 9 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 32 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00751595 phase2completednot on this map

A Phase II Randomized, Open Label, Immunogenicity and Safety Trial of the Vaccine Based on the Recombinant Biologically Active HIV-1 Tat Protein in Anti-Tat Negative HIV-1 Infected HAART-treated Adult Subjects.

TypeinterventionalSponsorBarbara Ensoli, MDRan2008 to 2012Enrolled168ConditionsHIV InfectionsArmsTat protein
NCT01024556 completednot on this map

Observational Study With Additional Diagnostic Procedures on Anti-Tat Immune Response in HIV-1-infected HAART-treated Adult Subjects

TypeobservationalSponsorBarbara Ensoli, MDRan2008 to 2012Enrolled142ConditionsHIV Infection
NCT01029548 completednot on this map

Observational Study With Additional Diagnostic Procedures on Anti-Tat Immune Response in HIV-1-infected Asymptomatic Adult Subjects

TypeobservationalSponsorBarbara Ensoli, MDRan2008 to 2012Enrolled73ConditionsHIV Infections
NCT01359800 completednot on this map

A Multicentre, Observational, Cross-sectional Study to Assess the Seroprevalence of Anti-Tat Antibodies in HIV-infected Patients in Selected Areas of Gauteng and Eastern Cape

TypeobservationalSponsorBarbara Ensoli, MDRan2010 to 2013Enrolled531ConditionsHIV Infection
NCT01441193 phase1terminatednot on this map

A Phase I, Open Label, Safety and Immunogenicity Vaccine Trial Based on the Association of Recombinant HIV-1 Biologically Active Tat and V2-deleted Env Proteins in HIV Uninfected Healthy Adult Volunteers.

TypeinterventionalSponsorBarbara Ensoli, MDRan2011 to 2014Enrolled11ConditionsHIV InfectionArmsHIV-1 Tat/delta-V2 Env combined vaccine, HIV-1 delta-V2 Env vaccine, HIV-1 Tat vaccine 7.5 microg, HIV-1 Tat vaccine 30 microg
NCT01513135 phase2completednot on this map

A Phase Il, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Immunogenicity and Safety of a Therapeutic, Recombinant, Biologically Active HIV-1 Tat Protein Vaccine in HIV-Infected, Anti-Tat Negative, ARV-Treated Adult Volunteers

TypeinterventionalSponsorBarbara Ensoli, MDRan2012 to 2014Enrolled200ConditionsHIV InfectionsArmsTat, Placebo
NCT02118168 completednot on this map

Observational study for the extended follow-up of the patients enrolled in the phase ii therapeutic clinical trial iss t-002

TypeobservationalSponsorBarbara Ensoli, MD, PhDRan2013 to 2016Enrolled93ConditionsHIV InfectionArmsNo intervention
NCT02712489 completednot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

A Roll-over Observational Study for the Extended Follow-up of the Volunteers of the ISS T-003 Trial (ISS T-003 EF-UP)

TypeobservationalSponsorBarbara Ensoli, MD, PhDRan2015 to 2016Enrolled179ConditionsHIV InfectionsArmsNo intervention
NCT05680948 completednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

A Roll-Over Observational Study for the Extended Follow-Up of the Volunteers of the ISS T-003 Trial (ISS T-003 EF-UP2020)

TypeobservationalSponsorIstituto Superiore di SanitàRan2023 to 2024Enrolled179ConditionsHIV Infections
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Barbara EnsoliNational AIDS Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Rome , Italy.
Aurelio CafaroNational AIDS Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Rome , Italy.
Paolo MoniniNational AIDS Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Rome , Italy.
Simone MarcotullioNational AIDS Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Rome , Italy.
Fabrizio EnsoliPathology and Microbiology, San Gallicano Institute, "Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri" , Rome , Italy.
Istituto Superiore di Sanità · ITIstituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many attempts have been made or are ongoing for HIV prevention and HIV cure. Many successes are in the list, particularly for HIV drugs, recently proposed also for prevention. However, no eradication of infection has been achieved so far with any drug. Further, a residual immune dysregulation associated to chronic immune activation and incomplete restoration of B and T cell subsets, together with HIV DNA persistence in reservoirs, are still unmet needs of the highly active antiretroviral therapy, causing novel "non-AIDS related" diseases that account for a higher risk of death even in virologically suppressed patients. These "ART unmet needs" represent a problem, which is expected to increase by ART roll out. Further, in countries such as South Africa, where six millions of individuals are infected, ART appears unable to contain the epidemics. Regretfully, all the attempts at developing a preventative vaccine have been largely disappointing. However, recent therapeutic immunization strategies have opened new avenues for HIV treatment, which might be exploitable also for preventative vaccine approaches. For example, immunization strategies aimed at targeting key viral products responsible of virus transmission, activation, and maintenance of virus reservoirs may intensify drug efficacy and lead to a functional cure providing new perspectives also for prevention and future virus eradication strategies. However, this approach imposes new challenges to the scientific community, vaccine developers, and regulatory bodies, such as the identification of novel immunological and virological biomarkers to assess efficacy end-points, taking advantage from the natural history of infection and exploiting lessons from former trials. This review will focus first on recent advancement of therapeutic strategies, then on the progresses made in preventative approaches, discussing concepts, and problems for the way ahead for the development of vaccines for HIV treatment and prevention.

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clinical studiesfunctional cureHAARTHIV-1 vaccinepreclinical and clinical proof-of-concept studiestherapeutics

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PMID25250026
PMCPMC4157563
OpenAlexW2086150932

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