IP Library Granted Patent US 11,897,919
Granted Patent B2
US 11,897,919 · App. 17/409,574 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Multivalent HIV vaccine boost compositions and methods of use

Inventor: Harriet Robinson (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: Geovax, Inc.
C07K14/162A61K39/21C07K14/161C07K14/163C12N15/86C12N15/8636C12N2710/24143C12N2740/16023C12N2740/16134C12N2740/16234C12N2740/16334
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Patent No.
US 11,897,919
App. No.
17/409,574
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Compositions and methods of use are provided to boost a primed immune response to HIV. More specifically, the present invention relates to vaccine compositions comprising an HIV-protein boost or an MVA-expressed Env protein and methods of use. Exemplary HIV proteins for protein boosts include proteins such as gp120 proteins B.63521Δ11mutC and full-length single chain (FLSC), which has been modified to stabilize a CD4-induced Env structure. Exemplary MVAs expressing secreted Methods of administration and dosing regimens are also provided.

Claims (21)

1. A method for inducing an immune response to a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) comprising administering to a human in need thereof:

i) a prime vaccination comprising an effective amount of a DNA vector encoding Gag-Pol and Env and one or more of Tat, Rev, Nef, Vif, Vpr, or Vpu HIV-1 antigens that, when expressed, are displayed on virus-like particles (VLPs); and

ii) a boost vaccination comprising

a) an effective amount of a first modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vector encoding a membrane-bound HIV-1 envelope (Env) protein that, when expressed, is displayed on VLPs, and,

b) an effective amount of a second MVA vector encoding an HIV-1 gp-140 protein.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the HIV-1 gpl40 is ADA gpl40.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prime vaccination DNA vector encoding HIV-1 antigens is pGA2/JS7.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the boost vaccination is administered 8 weeks after a last prime vaccination.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first prime vaccination is administered at 0 weeks and a second prime vaccination is administered at 8 weeks.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the boost vaccination is administered at least 2 times.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the boost vaccination is administered at week 16, week 24, and week 40 after administration of a first prime vaccination.

8. A method for boosting an immune response to a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) comprising administering to a human in need thereof a boost vaccination comprising:

a) an effective amount of a first modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vector encoding a membrane-bound HIV-1 envelope (Env) protein that, when expressed, is displayed on virus-like particles (VLPs), and,

b) an effective amount of a second MVA vector encoding an HIV-1 gp-140 protein,

wherein, prior to the administration of the boost vaccination, the human has previously been administered one or more prime vaccinations comprising a DNA vector encoding Gag-Pol and Env and one or more of Tat, Rev, Nef, Vif, Vpr, or Vpu HIV-1 antigens.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first MVA vector is MVA/HIV62B.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the HIV-1 gpl40 is ADA gpl40.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the boost vaccination is administered 8 weeks after a last prime vaccination.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the boost vaccination is administered at least 2 times.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the boost vaccination is administered at week 16, week 24, and week 40 after administration of a first prime vaccination.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first MVA vector is MVA/HIV62B.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jan 22, 2024
From: GEOVAX, INC.
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 066360/0664 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2023
From: ROBINSON, HARRIET
To: GEOVAX, INC.
Reel/Frame 065135/0571 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16077215
Provisional Application 62295779 · Feb 16, 2016
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