Recombinant adenovirus type 5 HIV gag/pol/nef vaccine in South Africa: unblinded, long-term follow-up of the phase 2b HVTN 503/Phambili study.
Recombinant adenovirus type 5 HIV gag/pol/nef vaccine in South Africa: unblinded, long-term follow-up of the phase 2b HVTN 503/Phambili study.
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DOI:
10.1016/s1473-3099(14)70020-9
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发表时间:
2014-05
影响因子:
56.3
通讯作者:
Corey, Lawrence
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Gray, Glenda E.;Moodie, Zoe;Metch, Barbara;Gilbert, Peter B.;Bekker, Linda-Gail;Churchyard, Gavin;Nchabeleng, Maphoshane;Mlisana, Koleka;Laher, Fatima;Roux, Surita;Mngadi, Kathryn;Innes, Craig;Mathebula, Matsontso;Allen, Mary;McElrath, M. Julie;Robertson, Michael;Kublin, James;Corey, Lawrence
The Phambili study, conducted in South Africa amongst a predominantly heterosexual population, evaluated the efficacy of the MRK Ad5 gag/pol/nef subtype B HIV-1 preventive vaccine. Enrollment and vaccinations were stopped, participants unblinded, and follow-up extended when the Step study evaluating the same vaccine in the Americas, Caribbean and Australia was unblinded for non-efficacy with more HIV infections amongst vaccinee than placebo recipients [ZM1]. Extensive analyses over the complete follow-up period, most of which was unblinded, are reported. Phambili participants were HIV-1 uninfected, sexually active men and women aged 18–35 years, followed for 3.5 years. HIV testing and risk reduction counseling occurred at weeks 0, 12, 30 and were switched to a 3 monthly schedule after unblinding. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate HIV-1 infection hazard ratios (HR) comparing vaccine to placebo recipients, overall and within subgroups. Long-term vaccine efficacy was evaluated in participants who were unblinded early in follow-up. Of the 801 participants enrolled (400 vaccine, 401 placebo), 112 (28%) received 1 vaccination, 259 (65%) 2 vaccinations and 29(7%) 3 vaccinations. More infections occurred in vaccinees (n=63) as compared to placebo (n=37) (adjusted HR (vaccine:placebo) 1.70, 95% CI 1.13–2.55, p = 0.01). We found no increase in infections with the number of vaccinations received and that the HRs did not differ by gender, circumcision, or Ad5 serostatus. Differences in risk behavior at baseline or during the study, or differential drop-out (p=0.40) are unlikely explanations for the increased rate of HIV-1 infections seen in vaccinees. The increased HR of HIV-1 acquisition, irrespective of number of doses received, warrants further investigation to understand the biological mechanism. Further use of the Ad5 vector for HIV vaccines is not warranted