Experimental HIV immune therapy takes first step in healthy volunteers
NCT ID NCT07629310
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-stage trial tested a single injection of JL18008, a lab-made protein designed to boost immune cells, in 40 healthy adults. The main goal was to check safety and how the body handles the drug. Researchers also measured changes in immune cell counts over 56 days. This is a first step toward possibly using JL18008 to help people with HIV who have low CD4+ T cells despite treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- JL18008 (a lab-made protein that may boost immune cells)
- What this could lead to
- If safe, JL18008 could be tested in people with HIV to help raise their low CD4+ T cell counts, potentially improving immune function.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early Phase 1 trial in only 40 healthy people. It only tests safety and dosing, not whether it works for HIV. Side effects or lack of effect in future studies are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 55 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. Voluntary participation in the study, ability to understand and comply with the protocol requirements, and provision of written informed consent. 2. Physical examination, vital signs, 12-lead electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests (hematology, urinalysis, serum chemistry, infectious disease screening, coagulation) are normal or have no clinically significant abnormality. 3. Male or female, age 18 to 55 years inclusive. 4. Body weight: male ≥50.0 kg, female ≥45.0 kg. Body mass index (BMI) between 18.0 and 26.0 kg/m² inclusive. BMI = weight (kg) / height (m)². 5. No clinically significant history of cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal, neurological, or hematological disease. 6. No plans for pregnancy within 6 months, and agreement to use effective contraception with their partner from screening until 3 months after the study completion. No donation of sperm or eggs during this period. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any history of allergic disease, or food or drug allergy, that in the investigator's opinion makes the subject unsuitable for inclusion. 2. Lactating women; women of childbearing potential with menstrual disorders within 90 days before dosing; women of childbearing potential who had unprotected intercourse with a male partner within 28 days before dosing. 3. Participation in any clinical trial of an investigational drug within 90 days before dosing, or still within the safety washout period of a previous trial on the day of dosing. 4. Non-physiological blood loss of ≥200 mL (including trauma, blood draw, blood donation) within 60 days before dosing, or plan to donate blood during the study or within 30 days after dosing. 5. Any major illness considered clinically significant by the investigator within 90 days before dosing. 6. Major surgery within 60 days before dosing, or any surgery within 28 days before dosing. 7. Fever or infectious illness within 28 days before dosing. 8. Use of any medication (including prescription, non-prescription, herbal, or dietary supplements) within 14 days before dosing. 9. Vaccination within 1 month before dosing, or plan to receive vaccination during the study period. 10. History or dependence of alcohol or drug abuse, or drug use, or a positive urine drug screen at screening. Alcohol abuse defined as average weekly intake \>21 standard alcohol units. One standard unit contains 14 g of alcohol (e.g., 360 mL of 5% beer, 45 mL of 40% spirits, or 120 mL of 12% wine). 11. Daily smoking of more than 5 cigarettes within 3 months before screening, or unable to refrain from smoking during the study. 12. Vital signs at screening meeting any of the following: systolic blood pressure \<90 mmHg or \>140 mmHg; diastolic blood pressure \<50 mmHg or \>90 mmHg; pulse rate \<50 beats/min or \>100 beats/min. 13. Positive test for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV Ab), human immunodeficiency virus antibody (HIV Ab), or syphilis antibody. 14. Clinically evident gastrointestinal, hepatic, or renal abnormality that, in the investigator's opinion, may affect drug transport, absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion. 15. Any other condition that, in the investigator's judgment, might affect the study results or interfere with the subject's participation throughout the study, including but not limited to other medical history (e.g., psychiatric disorder), abnormalities in vital signs, physical examination, electrocardiogram, or clinical laboratory tests.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Beijing, China
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