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Trial reportThe Journal of clinical investigation2025

Safety and implementation of phase I randomized GLA-SE-adjuvanted CH505TF gp120 HIV vaccine trial in newborns.

Avy Violari, Kennedy Otwombe, William Hahn, Shiyu Chen, Deirdre Josipovic, Vuyelwa Baba, Asimenia Angelidou, Kinga K Smolen, Ofer Levy, Nonhlanhla N Mkhize and 13 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04607408 (A Phase 1 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of the HIV-1 CH505 Transmitted/Founder gp120 Adjuvanted With GLA-SE in Healthy, HIV-exposed Uninfected Infants), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04607408 phase1completednot on this map

A Phase 1 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of the HIV-1 CH505 Transmitted/Founder gp120 Adjuvanted With GLA-SE in Healthy, HIV-exposed Uninfected Infants

TypeinterventionalSponsorHIV Vaccine Trials NetworkRan2020 to 2024Enrolled38ConditionsHIV InfectionsArmsCH505TF gp120, GLA-SE adjuvant, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Developing Antiviral Vaccines Based on AttenuatedPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Avy ViolariPerinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Kennedy OtwombePerinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
William HahnVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Shiyu ChenVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Deirdre JosipovicPerinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Vuyelwa BabaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Asimenia AngelidouPrecision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Kinga K SmolenPrecision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ofer LevyPrecision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Nonhlanhla N MkhizeNational Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Amanda S Woodward DavisVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Troy M MartinVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Barton F HaynesDepartment of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke Human Vaccine Institute; and.
Wilton B WilliamsDepartment of Surgery, Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Zachary K SagawaAccess to Advanced Health Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
James G KublinVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Laura PolakowskiNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Margaret Brewinski IsaacsNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Catherine YenNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Georgia TomarasCenter for Human Systems Immunology, Departments of Surgery, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Lawrence CoreyVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Holly JanesVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Glenda E GrayPerinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Funding

LOC: HIV Vaccine Trials NetworkUM1AI068614 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Dan H. Barouch, Lawrence Corey · 2011 to 2026
$1175.6M
LC: HIV Vaccine Trials NetworkUM1AI068618 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Margaret Juliana McElrath · 2011 to 2026
$483.6M
SDMC: HIV Vaccine Trials NetworkUM1AI068635 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Peter B. Gilbert, Yunda Huang · 2011 to 2026
$385.9M
Soweto Clinical Trials UnitUM1AI069453 · NIAID · WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD · PI Glenda E Gray, Lerato Mohapi · 2012 to 2026
$40.9M
Proteomics and Metabolomics Core: IDEAL shapes vaccine response, susceptibility to respiratory infectious disease and asthmaU19AI168643 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI OFER LEVY · 2022 to 2026
$10.0M
Immunometabolic signatures of BCG-induced neonatal trained immunityK08AI168487 · NIAID · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI Asimenia Angelidou · 2023 to 2026
$704k
NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201800047CNIAID NIH HHS K08 AI168487NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI168643NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068614NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068618NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068635NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI069453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUNDThe neonatal immune system is uniquely poised to generate broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs), and thus infants are ideal for evaluating HIV vaccine candidates. We present the design and safety of a new-in-infants glucopyranosyl lipid A-stable emulsion (GLA-SE) adjuvant admixed with a first-in-infant CH505 transmitter-founder (CH505TF) gp120 immunogen designed to induce precursors for bnAbs against HIV.METHODSHIV Vaccine Trials Network 135 is a phase I randomized, placebo-controlled trial of CH505TF plus GLA-SE or placebo. Healthy infants aged ≤5 days, born to mothers living with HIV but HIV nucleic acid-negative at birth, were randomized to 5 doses of CH505TF plus GLA-SE or placebo at birth and 8, 16, 32, and 54 weeks.RESULTSThirty-eight infants (median age 4 days; interquartile range 4-4.75 days) were enrolled November 2020 to January 2022. Among 28 infants assigned to receive CH505TF plus GLA-SE and 10 assigned to receive placebo, most completed the 5-dose immunization series (32/38) and follow-up (35/38). Solicited local and systemic reactions were more frequent in vaccine (8, 28.6% local; 16, 57.1% systemic) versus placebo recipients (1, 10% local, P = 0.25; 4, 40.0% systemic, P = 0.38). All events were grade 1 except 2 grade 2 events (pain, lethargy). Serious vaccine-related adverse events were not recorded.CONCLUSIONThis study illustrates the feasibility of conducting trials of new-in-infants adjuvanted HIV vaccines in HIV-exposed infants receiving standard infant vaccinations. The safety profile of the CH505TF plus GLA-SE vaccine was reassuring.TRIAL REGISTRATIONClinicalTrials.gov NCT04607408.FUNDINGNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH under grants UM1AI068614, UM1AI068635, and UM1AI068618.

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicAIDS VaccinesHIV-1HIV Envelope Protein gp120HIV InfectionsLipid AFemaleGlucosidesHIV AntibodiesHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleAdjuvants, ImmunologicAIDS Vaccinesglucopyranosyl lipid-AGlucosidesgp120 protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1HIV AntibodiesHIV Envelope Protein gp120Lipid AAIDS/HIVAIDS vaccineClinical ResearchVaccines

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PMID40178906
PMCPMC12126246

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