VRX-496(VIRxSYS)

Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2005 Feb;6(2):209-15.

Abstract

VIRxSYS is developing VRX-496, a lentiviral HIV-based vector encoding anti-HIV antisense envelope sequences, as a potential gene therapy for HIV infection. In July 2003, VIRxSYS undertook the initial dosing of an HIV-positive patient in a phase I/IIa trial.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • AIDS Vaccines / adverse effects
  • AIDS Vaccines / chemical synthesis
  • AIDS Vaccines / pharmacology*
  • Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic
  • Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic
  • Contraindications
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • HIV-1 / immunology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • AIDS Vaccines