AIDS HIV infection
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age >18 years Confirmed HIV-1 infection Treatment or viral loads that fit into one of the study groups
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Inability to donate 50 ml of blood Pregnancy or breastfeeding Major comorbidities
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| This is a discovery study aiming to study exhaustion in HIV-specific CD8+ T cells and how these functional defects can be modified by epigenetic inhibitors. The main study parameters are a) phenotypic and functional characterization of HIV- and CMV-specific CD8+ T cells from HIV-infected individuals; b) Increase of function and reverse of exhaustion phenotype by epigenetic inhibitors; c) Expression pattern of select post-transcriptional modifiers in HIV- and CMV-specific CD8+ T cells from HIV-infected individuals. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Non applicable | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed