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HIV Reservoir and Gene Modified Cell Dynamics Following Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation

Award Number: R01AI176951
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/13/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2025

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HIV Reservoir and Gene Modified Cell Dynamics Following Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation - SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The use of autologous gene modified cells that are resistant to HIV infection to reduce viral reservoir size and delay or prevent HIV recrudescence is on the forefront of HIV curative science. However, many current gene modification approaches focus solely on reducing CCR5 expression on hematopoietic stem cells or mature CD4 T cells. These approaches may have limited impact in people with HIV (PWH) that have virus able to use other coreceptors for entry, and only provide a single layer of protection against infection in vivo. As a result, the AMC #097 study, “A Phase I Study of Stem Cell Gene Therapy for HIV Mediated by Lentivector Transduced, Pre-Selected CD34+ Cells: A Trial of the AIDS Malignancy Consortium,” was implemented to combine multiple anti-HIV genes into a single lentiviral vector that is designed to block HIV-1 infection at different stages of the HIV-1 life cycle providing strong pre-integration inhibition of HIV-1 infection using a lentiviral vector that including a CCR5 shRNA, a chimeric human-macaqueTRIM5α restriction factor, and a HIV TAR decoy. This strategy has been shown to prevent infection in vitro and in vivo, and 12 PWH requiring autologous SCT for lymphoma have already received gene modified stem cells through AMC097. One participant stopped ART outside study protocol following SCT and experienced post-treatment control. Whereas the primary endpoints of the study are to evaluate the safety of such an approach, support is urgently needed to perform in- depth HIV reservoir analyses and to implement assays to determine if gene modified cells become infected following transplantation with or without analytical treatment interruption. We will: (1) test the hypothesis that autologous SCT with gene modified stem cells simultaneously targeting different stages of the HIV-1 replication cycle will lead to blood and gut tissue expansion and maintenance of a transduced CD4+ T and other immune cells resistant to HIV-1 infection; (2) test the hypothesis that SCT with gene modified stem cells will reduce the size of the HIV-1 reservoir and residual HIV-1 transcriptional activity, and lead to post-treatment HIV control following withdrawal of ART, and (3) determine if gene modified cells become infected prior to and following cessation of ART a novel duplexed single-cell-droplet (scdPCR) assay with the ability to simultaneously detect cellular HIV-1 DNA or RNA and the integrated lentiviral vector or chimeric TRIM5α transcriptional activity.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2026	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	3	12/9/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $781,939 )
2025	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	3	12/19/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$781,939
														Subtotal = $781,939

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $804,996 )
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	2	11/29/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$724,498
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	001	2	5/20/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$80,498
														Subtotal = $804,996

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $803,309 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	1	1/13/2023	NEW	$803,309
														Subtotal = $803,309

Grand Total All Awards = $2,390,244

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HIV Reservoir and Gene Modified Cell Dynamics Following Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation

Award Number: R01AI176951

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/13/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2025

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