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CompletedNCT00071851Updated Oct 14, 2021

Safety of and Immune Response to an HIV-1 DNA Vaccine (VRC HIVDNA009-00-VP) in HIV Uninfected Adults

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of VRC-HIVDNA009-00-VP in HIV Infections, sponsored by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Completed at 14 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 50 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-10-14.

Sponsored by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
180
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 50 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to test the safety of and immune response to an HIV-1 vaccine, VRC-HIVDNA009-00-VP, in HIV uninfected participants. Two different doses of the vaccine will be tested.

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The worldwide HIV epidemic highlights the importance of developing an affordable, globally successful vaccine for HIV prevention. The VRC-HIVDNA009-00-VP vaccine used in this study was developed to incorporate HIV genes from multiple virus clades, representing the viral subtypes responsible for about 90% of new HIV infections in the world. The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and immunogenicity of VRC-HIVDNA009-00-VP in healthy, HIV uninfected individuals.

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups and will be followed for one year. Study injections will be given by needle-free intramuscular injection at the start of study and at Months 1 and 2. Group 1 will receive 3 injections of the study vaccine; Group 2 will receive 2 injections of the study vaccine (at start and Month 2) and injection of placebo (at Month 1); Group 3 will receive 3 injections of placebo. After a screening visit, study visits will occur at enrollment (initial injection) followed by 5 visits every 14 days for the first 2.5 months, with three additional visits at Months 6, 9, and 12. All participants will undergo physical exams, blood and urine tests to assess measures of health, and blood tests to assess HIV infection and immune response to the injections.

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Conditions studied

  • HIV Infections

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Keywords

  • HIV Seronegativity
  • HIV Preventive Vaccine
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In context

HIV Infections

4,258 studies on the registry are indexed under HIV Infections; 240 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 180 is above the median of 83 across 3,251 interventional studies indexed under HIV Infections.

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Lead sponsor

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is the lead sponsor of 2,401 studies on the registry; 179 are open to participants now.

Of its 396 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 294 (74%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Understanding of vaccination procedure
  • Willing to receive HIV test results and provide informed consent
  • Good general health
  • HIV negative
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen negative
  • Anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody negative, or negative for HCV PCR if the anti-HCV is positive
  • Not pregnant and agrees to use acceptable forms of contraception

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria

  • HIV vaccines or placebo in a prior HIV vaccine trial
  • Immunosuppressive medications within 168 days prior to study
  • Blood products within 120 days prior to study
  • Immunoglobulin within 60 days prior to study
  • Live attenuated vaccines within 30 days prior to study
  • Investigational research agents within 30 days prior to study
  • Medically indicated subunit or killed vaccines within 14 days prior to study
  • Current anti-tuberculosis prophylaxis or therapy
  • Anaphylaxis or other serious adverse reactions to vaccines; a person who had an adverse reaction to pertussis vaccine as a child is not excluded
  • Autoimmune disease or immunodeficiency
  • Active syphilis infection
  • Unstable asthma (e.g., use of oral, orally inhaled, or intravenous corticosteroids, emergent care, urgent care, hospitalization or intubation during the past 2 years)
  • Diabetes mellitus; a participant with past gestational diabetes is not excluded
  • Thyroid disease, including removal of thyroid and diagnoses requiring medication
  • Serious angioedema
  • Hypertension
  • Diagnosis of bleeding disorder
  • Malignancy, except those with a surgical excision and subsequent observation period that in the investigator's estimate has a reasonable assurance of sustained cure and/or is unlikely to recur during the period of the study
  • Seizure disorder requiring medication within the last 3 years
  • Absence of the spleen
  • Mental illness that would interfere with compliance with the protocol
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Two or more elevated liver function tests
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Factorial assignment
Masking
Double
Enrollment
180 participants

Interventions

  • BiologicalVRC-HIVDNA009-00-VP
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Study locations

14 sites
  • Alabama Vaccine CRS
    Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
  • San Francisco Vaccine and Prevention CRS
    San Francisco, California 94102, United States
  • Project Brave HIV Vaccine CRS
    Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Ctr for Immunization Research,Project SAVE-Baltimore
    Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States
  • Brigham and Women's Hosp. CRS
    Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
  • Fenway Community Health Clinical Research Site (FCHCRS)
    Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
  • Saint Louis Univ. School of Medicine, HVTU
    Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
  • NY Blood Ctr./Bronx CRS
    Bronx, New York 10455, United States
  • NY Blood Ctr./Union Square CRS
    New York, New York 10003, United States
  • HIV Prevention & Treatment CRS
    New York, New York 10032, United States
  • Univ. of Rochester HVTN CRS
    Rochester, New York 14642, United States
  • Miriam Hospital's HVTU
    Providence, Rhode Island 02906, United States
  • Vanderbilt Vaccine CRS
    Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
  • FHCRC/UW Vaccine CRS
    Seattle, Washington 98104, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Mascola JR, Nabel GJ. Vaccines for the prevention of HIV-1 disease. Curr Opin Immunol. 2001 Aug;13(4):489-95. doi: 10.1016/s0952-7915(00)00246-6. PubMed 11498307 ↗
  • Boyer JD, Cohen AD, Vogt S, Schumann K, Nath B, Ahn L, Lacy K, Bagarazzi ML, Higgins TJ, Baine Y, Ciccarelli RB, Ginsberg RS, MacGregor RR, Weiner DB. Vaccination of seronegative volunteers with a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 env/rev DNA vaccine induces antigen-specific proliferation and lymphocyte production of beta-chemokines. J Infect Dis. 2000 Feb;181(2):476-83. doi: 10.1086/315229. PubMed 10669329 ↗
  • Moore JP, Parren PW, Burton DR. Genetic subtypes, humoral immunity, and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vaccine development. J Virol. 2001 Jul;75(13):5721-9. doi: 10.1128/JVI.75.13.5721-5729.2001. No abstract available. PubMed 11390574 ↗
  • Osmanov S, Pattou C, Walker N, Schwardlander B, Esparza J; WHO-UNAIDS Network for HIV Isolation and Characterization. Estimated global distribution and regional spread of HIV-1 genetic subtypes in the year 2000. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2002 Feb 1;29(2):184-90. doi: 10.1097/00042560-200202010-00013. PubMed 11832690 ↗
  • Manam S, Ledwith BJ, Barnum AB, Troilo PJ, Pauley CJ, Harper LB, Griffiths TG 2nd, Niu Z, Denisova L, Follmer TT, Pacchione SJ, Wang Z, Beare CM, Bagdon WJ, Nichols WW. Plasmid DNA vaccines: tissue distribution and effects of DNA sequence, adjuvants and delivery method on integration into host DNA. Intervirology. 2000;43(4-6):273-81. doi: 10.1159/000053994. PubMed 11251382 ↗
  • Jin X, Morgan C, Yu X, DeRosa S, Tomaras GD, Montefiori DC, Kublin J, Corey L, Keefer MC; NIAID HIV Vaccine Trials Network. Multiple factors affect immunogenicity of DNA plasmid HIV vaccines in human clinical trials. Vaccine. 2015 May 11;33(20):2347-53. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.03.036. Epub 2015 Mar 25. PubMed 25820067 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 14, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00071851
Lead sponsor
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 5, 2003
Start date
Dec 2003
Completion
Oct 2005
Last update
Oct 14, 2021

Study contacts

Julie McElrath
study chair · Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / University of Washington
Larry Peiperl
study chair · San Francisco Department of Public Health / University of California - San Diego
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