Table 2 Workshop summary.
Highlights | Next steps |
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■ Preliminary NHP studies suggest that the combination of T and B cell responses can protect from SHIV challenge; ■ Broad neutralizing Ab precursors were elicited in phase 1 clinical trials (e.g. IAVI 001a, HVTN 137b, HVTN 301, HVTN 302; Table 1); ■ Several bnAb precursor-eliciting immunogens are being investigated (see Table 1); ■ Platforms to elicit cellular responses, such as CMV-vectored HIV Ags, are in early stage clinical trials (e.g. VIR 1388; Table 1) ■ Antibody and cellular responses can extend the time to rebound after ATI in people with HIV. | ■ Improve strategies for concurrent generation of bnAbs and T cell responses; ■ Continue the investigation of T cell vaccine strategies such as CMV-based vaccines and networked epitopes; ■ Develop new and improve existing vaccine vectors; ■ Expand understanding of the immune milieu and molecular signatures in long-term controllers; ■ Identification of protective T cell responses/mechanisms, including tissue-resident T cell responses from cure approaches, therapeutic vaccinations, long-term controllers, and/or post-treatment controllers; ■ Define/establish new reagents and assays to interrogate cellular responses; ■ Identify functional CD8+ T cell parameters that reliably correlate with vaccine efficacy |