Immune-Boosting cocktail aims to free HIV patients from daily medication
NCT ID NCT04340596
First seen Jul 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This early-stage trial tests whether an experimental immune-boosting drug called N-803, given alone or with two powerful antibodies, can help people with HIV control the virus after they stop their regular antiretroviral therapy. The study enrolls adults with well-controlled HIV who have been on stable treatment for at least two years. Participants receive the study drugs and then pause their usual HIV medications under close monitoring to see if the virus stays suppressed.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- an IL-15 superagonist (N-803) with or without broadly neutralizing antibodies (VRC07-523LS and 10-1074)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could point toward a functional cure for HIV, allowing people to stop daily antiretroviral therapy without the virus rebounding.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 1 trial focused on safety, so the chance of achieving sustained HIV control is uncertain. The immune-boosting drug may cause significant side effects, and the virus might still rebound after treatment interruption.
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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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118 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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 * HIV-1 infection * On ART for at least 96 weeks prior to randomization * On ART regimen containing an integrase inhibitor and two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) or dolutegravir/lamivudine for at least 6 weeks prior to randomization. * CD4 cell count \>450 cells/mm\^3 within 90 days prior to randomization * CD4 cell count nadir ≥200 cells/mm\^3. * Plasma HIV-1 RNA levels of \<50 copies/mL for at least 96 weeks prior to randomization * Select laboratory results within 90 days of randomization * IC90 to 10-1074 of ≤1.5 mcg/mL, 10-1074 maximum percent inhibition (MPI) ≥98%, and IC80 to VRC07-523LS of ≤1 mcg/mL on the Monogram PhenoSense assay. * QTcF interval ≤440 msec within 90 days prior to randomization. * For cisgender women and transgender men of reproductive potential, negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 30 days prior to randomization * Cisgender women and transgender men of reproductive potential must agree to use two methods of contraception, if participating in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy. * Cisgender men and transgender women participants engaging in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy and who are of reproductive potential must agree to use a barrier method of contraception * Willingness to abstain from sexual intercourse or use a barrier method of contraception consistently * Willingness to participate in an ATI. * Weight \>50 kg and \<115 kg. * Completion of pre-entry leukapheresis Exclusion Criteria * History of AIDS-defining illness, with the exception of recurrent pneumonia. * History of or current clinical cardiovascular disease * Current clinically significant acute or chronic medical condition * History of HIV-associated neurocognitive disease * History of an HIV-associated malignancy * ART initiated during acute HIV infection * Current receipt of ART other than NRTI and integrase inhibitor. * Resistance to one or more drugs in two or more ARV drug classes. * Receipt of any therapeutic HIV vaccine or monoclonal antibody therapy (anti-HIV or otherwise) at any time in the past. * History of prior immunoglobulin (IgG) therapy. * History of use of any immunomodulatory medications within 6 months prior to randomization * Participation in another clinical study of an investigational product currently or within past 12 weeks * Breastfeeding or pregnancy
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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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Alabama CRS (Site ID# 31788)
Birmingham, Alabama, 35222, United States
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Case Clinical Research Site
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States
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Chapel Hill CRS (Site ID: 3201)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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Columbia P&S CRS
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital CRS (MGH CRS) (Site ID: 101)
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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New Jersey Medical School Clinical Research Center CRS [Site ID: 31786]
Newark, New Jersey, 07103, United States
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Northwestern University CRS
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Penn Therapeutics, CRS (Site ID: 6201)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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UCLA CARE Center CRS
Los Angeles, California, 90035, United States
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UCSD Antiviral Research Center CRS (Site ID: 701)
San Diego, California, 92103, United States
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University of California, San Fransisco HIV/AIDS CRS
San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
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Washington University Therapeutics (WT) CRS
St Louis, Missouri, 63110-1010, United States
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Weill Cornell Uptown CRS (Site ID: 7803)
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Whitman-Walker Institute, Inc. CRS (Site ID: 31791)
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20005, United States
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