Penn researchers present Phase II HIV gene therapy trial data at CROI 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 09:42
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine presented today the results from an ongoing Phase I/II open-label clinical trial of Lexgenleucel-T at the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in San Francisco, CA. Lexgenleucel-T is a cell and gene therapy product being investigated for the treatment of HIV infection. The current study examined the effect of Lexgenleucel-T infusions in HIV-1 infected individuals prior to being taken off their antiretroviral treatment (HAART) regimens as part of the study design's scheduled treatment interruption...