PBMC Gene expression of participants in the kick and kill clinical trial BCN02. PBMC Gene expression of participants in the kick and kill clinical trial BCN02

The BCN02 (NCT02616874) was a pilot study to evaluate the kick and kill therapy on 15 early-treated individuals that were rolled-over from the BCN01 Study. The participants in the study received two MVA.HIVconsv vaccination before and after the 3-cycle infusion of Romidepsin, an inhibitor of histone deacetylases that act as a latency reversing agent. Additionally, the inclusion of a monitored antiretroviral pause (MAP) allowed tthe identification of 8 individuals with an Early Rebound (pVL > 2,000 HIV RNA copies/mL, 2,000 HIV RNA copies/mL, > 4 weeks of MAP initiation). In the present study we studied gene expression at 3 different timepoints: w0 (Bsl), w1 (Vacc), w6 (Vacc+RMD) and applied pairwise comparisons. Overall design: PBMCs from the 15 individuals enrolled in BCN02 clinical trial were taken at 5 different timepoints: w0, w1, w6, MAP and w24.