Scientists dig deeper: HIV study probes hidden viral reservoirs in lymph nodes
NCT ID NCT00001316
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 11 times
Summary
This study aims to understand how HIV behaves differently in the blood compared to lymph nodes and bone marrow. Researchers will take samples from 400 people living with HIV and some without HIV to measure virus levels and immune system changes. The goal is to learn more about where the virus hides and how it damages the immune system, which could guide future treatments.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 1992
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Both healthy volunteers and individuals with HIV will be recruited from other existing NIAID studies and from the DC metropolitan area.
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. HIV status must be documented by a licensed ELISA and confirmed either by Western blot, or plasma viremia. 2. Aged 18 years or older. 3. Ability to give informed, written consent. 4. The following laboratory values: 1. Absolute neutrophil count of greater than 1000/mm\^3 2. PT, PTT, within normal limits, (unless PTT is elevated in presence of positive lupus anticoagulant in a participant with no prior history of abnormal bleeding). 3. Adequate blood counts (PLWH: hemoglobin \>= 9.0 g/dL, HCT \>= 28%, platelets \>= 75,000; participants without HIV: hemoglobin \>=11.2 g/dL, HCT \>=34.1%, platelets \>=150,000) 4. Blood pressure \<=180/100; pulse rate 50-100, unless a lower pulse rate is considered normal for the participant 5. Participants who do not have HIV will qualify as control participants. 6. Participants must have a clinically palpable lymph node in an easily accessible location. 7. Willingness to allow blood samples to be used for future studies of HIV infection/pathogenesis, undergo genetic testing including HLA testing, and undergo hepatitis screening EXCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Women who are pregnant and/or breast-feeding 2. Currently abusing alcohol or other drugs including narcotics or cocaine 3. Participants with AIDS dementia or with an AIDS related malignancy other than minimal Kaposi's sarcoma. 4. No Aspirin or Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory medications (NSIADs) 7 days prior to procedure. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is permitted at any time. 5. Any medical condition for which the PI feels LN BX might be contraindicated 6. Participants in which sedation is planned. Use of narcotics (other than as prescribed by a physician) or cocaine less than 1 week prior to the date of biopsy will be excluded.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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