Phase II Study of AGS-004 as an Immunotherapeutic in Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)-Treated Subjects Infected With HIV

Although chronic ART raises cluster of differentiation CD 4+ T cell counts and improves immune function, the immune systems' ability to control HIV-1 replication is not improved. AGS-004 is an immunotherapeutic agent made from autologous DCs co electroporated with amplified in vitro transcribed (IVT) ribonucleic acid (RNA) encoding CD40L and with IVT RNA encoding three or four autologous HIV-1 antigens. The HIV-1 RNA is derived from the plasma sample taken immediately prior to the initiation of ART.