免疫系を利用してHIVを制御する(Teaching the immune system to control HIV)

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2026-09-17 ロックフェラー大学

ロックフェラー大学などの研究チームは、HIV感染者を対象としたRIO臨床試験の追跡解析から、長時間作用型の広域中和抗体(bNAb)がHIVを長期間抑制する仕組みを調べた。68人を対象とした試験では、bNAb投与後に一部の参加者が毎日の抗レトロウイルス療法(ART)を中断しても長期間ウイルスを検出限界以下に維持した。解析の結果、患者自身が持つHIV中和抗体がbNAbと協調してウイルス抑制に寄与する可能性が示され、これらの自己抗体を持つ参加者ではART再開までの期間が平均108週だったのに対し、持たない参加者では27.5週だった。また、感染を再開させ得る完全なプロウイルスの推定半減期は、bNAb治療後に36週まで短縮された。研究は、ワクチンで自己免疫応答をあらかじめ誘導し、複数のbNAbと組み合わせる新たなHIV治療戦略につながる可能性を示している。なお、HIVの治癒を確立した研究ではない。

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HIV感染成人男性における治療中断中の広範な中和抗体:第II相ランダム化比較試験RIO試験の副次的および探索的結果 Broadly neutralizing antibodies in adult males living with HIV undergoing analytical treatment interruption: secondary and exploratory outcomes of the phase II randomized controlled RIO trial

Marcilio J. Fumagalli, Anna Kaczynska, Marius Allombert, Ágata Lopes-Ribeiro, Mariângela de Oliveira Silva, Brianna J. Hernandez, Christy Lavine, Sebastian M. Espinosa, Helen Brown, Hanna Box, Emanuela Falaschetti, Louise-Rae Cherrill, Tamara Elliott, Ming Lee, Julie Fox, Sarah Pett, Amanda Clarke, Alison Uriel, Ole Sogaard, Rebecca Sutherland, Marta Boffito, Sabine Kinloch-Loes, Chloe Orkin, Simon Collins, … Michel C. Nussenzweig
Nature Medicine  Published:15 September 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04644-8

免疫系を利用してHIVを制御する(Teaching the immune system to control HIV)

Abstract

RIO is an ongoing phase 2 double-blind randomized placebo-controlled human trial. Sixty-eight adult men living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), who were predominantly white and initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART) during primary or early-stage infection, underwent treatment interruption and were randomly assigned to a group receiving one or two doses of two long-acting broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) 3BNC117-LS and 10-1074-LS (arm A, n = 34) or saline (arm B, n = 34). The primary clinical study met its primary endpoint and was published elsewhere, demonstrating significantly delayed viral rebound and prolonged ART-free control in participants receiving bNAbs compared with placebo. The infusions were generally safe and well tolerated, with no study-related serious adverse events reported. The most common reported treatment-related adverse events were fatigue, lethargy and somnolence. Here we report on prespecified secondary analyses examining viral rebound, antibody sensitivity and reservoir dynamics, as well as prespecified exploratory analyses of rebound virus evolution and autologous antibody activity. Preinfusion reservoir measurements showed low levels of intact proviral HIV-1 DNA in circulating CD4+ T cells in both arms. The rebounding viruses in participants who received the antibodies showed significant selection for resistance to 10-1074-LS but not to 3BNC117-LS. Notably, there was a significant correlation between greater initial reservoir sensitivity to autologous antibodies and 10-1074 and time to rebound. Finally, comparison of preinfusion and prerebound HIV-1 proviral reservoir showed a decrease in intact but not defective proviruses in arm A but not in arm B. Together, these findings suggest that baseline humoral immunity and prolonged exposure to LS-bNAbs jointly shape post-treatment viral rebound dynamics in individuals who initiate ART during primary infection. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04319367.

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