Status:

COMPLETED

Trial Comparing Two Strategies of Vaccination Against Hepatitis B in HIV-infected Patients Non Responding to Primary Immunization (B-BOOST)

Lead Sponsor:

ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases

Collaborating Sponsors:

MCM Vaccines B.V.

Conditions:

Hepatitis B

HIV Infection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

HIV infected patients exposed to Hepatitis B virus are more susceptible to develop a chronic and severe liver disease, with a major risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer. However, immune response to sta...

Detailed Description

Comparison of 2 revaccination strategies in randomized HIV-infected patients with T CD4 cell count above 200/mm3 Intervention: 1. Arm A: GenHevac-B® 20μg IM at M0, M1, M6 2. Arm B: GenHevac-B® 40μg ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • HIV-1 infection
  • T CD4 cell count number above 200 /mm3
  • History of 2 to 4 injections of Hepatitis B vaccine, at any time in the past
  • No history of Hepatitis B vaccination with a double-dose schedule
  • No response to Hepatitis B vaccination: serology Hepatitis B negative (AgHBs, AbHBs and AbHBc negative) the previous twelve months and at the screening visit
  • AbHBs titers below 10 IU/ml four weeks after the boost of Genhevac-B® 20μg preceding the randomization
  • unchanged ARV treatment for the last 2 months for patients who are receiving ARV at the screening visit
  • Undetectable HIV RNA for the last 6 months and on-going ARV for any patients with T CD4 cell level below 350/mm3
  • HIV-1 plasma load below 100 000 copies per ml for patients without ARV
  • Negative pregnancy test at the screening visit, and immediately before the Genhevac-B® 20 µg boost injection preceding the randomization

Exclusion

  • Acute cytolysis in the last 3 months with transaminases equal or above 5 times the upper limit of normal for HIV-HCV coinfected patients, or transaminases equal or above 2 times the upper limit of normal for non coinfected patients
  • Any vaccine received during the month preceding the inclusion
  • History of hypersensitivity to any component of GenHevac-B
  • acute opportunistic infection treated the month before the screening visit
  • Severe and acute pyretic infection or unexplained fever the week before inclusion
  • Hemopathy or solid-organ cancer
  • Prothrombin factor equal or below 50% and/or platelets equal or below 50 000 per mm3
  • Immunosuppressive treatment or general corticotherapy (equal or above 0,5 mg per kg per day during at least 7 days) in the last 6 months before the screening visit
  • Immunomodulating treatment (interferon, interleukine-2,…) in the last 6 months before the screening visit
  • Splenectomy
  • Decompensated cirrhosis (Child Pugh B or C)
  • Renal failure (creatinine clearance below 50 ml/mn)
  • Other severe immunocompromised condition not related to HIV infection (solid-organ transplantation, chemotherapy in the last 6 months,….)
  • Any participation to another clinical trial plan until Week 28

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

178 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00670839

Start Date

May 1 2008

End Date

February 1 2013

Last Update

August 12 2013

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Centre de Soins de l'Infection par le VIH NHC, Hôpitaux Universitaires Strasbourg, 1 place de l'hôpital

Strasbourg, France, 67091 Cedex