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ArticleEmerging microbes & infections2025

A polyvalent DNA prime with matched polyvalent protein/GLA-SE boost regimen elicited the most robust and broad IgG and IgG3 V1V2 binding antibody and CD4+ T cell responses among 13 HIV vaccine trials.

Zoe Moodie, Shuying Sue Li, Elena E Giorgi, LaTonya D Williams, One Dintwe, Lindsay N Carpp, Shiyu Chen, Kelly E Seaton, Sheetal S Sawant, Lu Zhang and 29 more

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

39 authors.

Zoe MoodieVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Shuying Sue LiVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Elena E GiorgiVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
LaTonya D WilliamsCenter for Human Systems Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
One DintweVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lindsay N CarppVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Shiyu ChenVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kelly E SeatonCenter for Human Systems Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Sheetal S SawantCenter for Human Systems Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Lu ZhangCenter for Human Systems Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Jack HeptinstallCenter for Human Systems Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Shuying LiuWorcester HIV Vaccine, Worcester, MA, USA.
Nicole GrunenbergVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Frank TomakaDepartment of Research & Development, Janssen Vaccines and Prevention/Johnson & Johnson, Titusville, NJ, USA.
Supachai Rerks-NgarmThai Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Punnee PitisuttithumVaccine Trials Center, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Sorachai NitayaphanRoyal Thai Army, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Julie A AkeU.S. Military HIV Research Program, CIDR, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Sandhya VasanU.S. Military HIV Research Program, CIDR, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Giuseppe PantaleoService of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Ian FrankInfectious Diseases Division, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
Lindsey R BadenDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Paul A GoepfertDepartment of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Michael KeeferDepartment of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Mike ChirenjeCollege of Health Sciences Clinical Trials Research Centre, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Mina C HosseinipourUNC-Project Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Kathryn MngadiClinical Research Division, Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Fatima LaherPerinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), Wits Health Consortium, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Nigel GarrettDesmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Linda-Gail BekkerDesmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Stephen De RosaVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Erica Andersen-NissenVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
James G KublinVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Shan LuWorcester HIV Vaccine, Worcester, MA, USA.
Peter B GilbertVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Glenda E GrayPerinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), Wits Health Consortium, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Lawrence CoreyVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
M Juliana McElrathVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Georgia D TomarasCenter for Human Systems Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.

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
Virus & Reservoirs CoreP30AI045008 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ronald G Collman · 1999 to 2026
$78.6M
UZ-UCSF CTUUM1AI069436 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ZVAVAHERA MIKE CHIRENJE, LYNDA STRANIX-CHIBANDA · 2012 to 2026
$75.9M
University of North Carolina Global HIV Prevention and Treatment Clinical Trials Unit 2024 SupplementUM1AI069423 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Joseph J Eron, MINA CHRISTINE HOSSEINIPOUR · 2012 to 2026
$71.8M
Soweto Clinical Trials UnitUM1AI069453 · NIAID · WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD · PI Glenda E Gray, Lerato Mohapi · 2012 to 2026
$40.9M
University of Pennsylvania HIV Clinical Trials UnitUM1AI069534 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ian Frank, PABLO TEBAS · 2012 to 2026
$33.0M
Seattle Vaccine Trials UnitUM1AI069481 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Rachel Ann Bender Ignacio, Margaret Juliana McElrath · 2012 to 2026
$24.4M
Aurum Clinical Trials UnitUM1AI154463 · NIAID · AURUM INSTITUTE NPC · PI Gavin John Churchyard · 2021 to 2026
$8.1M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI045008NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068614NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068618NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068635NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI069423NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI069436NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI069453NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI069481NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI069534NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI154463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developing an effective HIV vaccine is a momentous challenge. An exceptionally wide range of candidate HIV vaccines have been tested, yet many were poorly immunogenic, and of the select few that advanced into efficacy trials, only one demonstrated any efficacy. Here we report the results of the largest-scale cross-protocol immunogenicity comparison to date: 13 HIV vaccine trials (including 36 vaccine regimens) conducted across nine countries worldwide, strengthened by standardized trial designs, validated assays in centralized laboratories, and harmonized immunogenicity endpoints - providing an objective approach to identify the HIV vaccine candidate(s) with the best immunogenicity. A polyvalent DNA prime + protein boost regimen (HVTN 124) including Env immunogens of four subtypes, matched between prime and boost, achieved the best anti-V1V2 antibody responses by a large margin and also induced high CD4+ T-cell responses - two key immune responses implicated in HIV vaccine protection. Our results provide strong support to test this promising HIV vaccine design in more advanced phase clinical trials and will also guide the future design of additional HIV vaccines.

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AIDS VaccinesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesHIV-1HIV AntibodiesHIV InfectionsImmunoglobulin GAdolescentAdultClinical Trials as TopicFemaleHumansImmunization, SecondaryImmunogenicity, VaccineMaleMiddle AgedVaccines, DNAAIDS VaccinesHIV AntibodiesImmunoglobulin GVaccines, DNABinding antibody multiplex assaycross-protocol analysisEnv V1V2 binding antibody response breadth scoreintracellular cytokine stainingmatched polyvalent DNA-polyvalent protein/GLA-SE prime-boost regimen

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PMID40190112
PMCPMC11980190

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