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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Immunol. 2016 Jun 3;41:39–46. doi: 10.1016/j.coi.2016.05.011

Table 1.

Completed HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy Trials

Trial Vaccine Description Immune Responses Observed Efficacy Outcome
Vax004 AIDSVAX B/B gp120 (MN and
GNE8 subtype B) gp120 in alum
Non-neutralizing antibody response;
ADCVI
No efficacy
Vax003 AIDSVAX B/E gp120 (subtype B
MN and CRF01_AE CM244) gp120
in alum
Non-neutralizing antibody response No efficacy
HVTN 502/STEP
Trial
Adenovirus type 5 Clade B
gag/pol/nef
HIV-1 specific CD4+ and CD8+
responses
No efficacy, increased
infection risk
HVTN 503
(Phambili trial)
Adenovirus type 5 Clade B
gag/pol/nef
HIV-1 specific CD4+ and CD8+
responses
No efficacy, increased
infection risk
RV144 ALVAC-HIV (recombinant
canarypox vector)/vCP1521 and
AIDSVAX B/E rgp120 in alum
Humoral and cellular immune responses;
Non-neutralizing Ab to V1V2*, high
ADCC, HIV-1 specific IgG3, FcγRIIC
receptor
* Correlate of protection
31.2 % efficacy at 42
months, 60% efficacy at 12 months
HVTN 505 DNA Gag, Pol, and Nef from HIV-1
subtype B and Env from subtypes A,
B, and C, and rAd5 subtype B Gag-
Pol and Env A, B, and C
T-cell responses to HIV-1 potential T-
cell epitopes; CD4+ HIV Gag responses
No efficacy

HVTN, HIV Vaccine Trials Network; ADCVI, antibody-dependent cell-mediated virus inhibition; ADCC, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity