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HIV cure research in Europe Rowena Johnston, Ph.D.

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Caveats!

• Will not be all-inclusive • As many Euro countries as possible • Concentrating on clinical research

• Apologies if your favorite European researcher/study is not mentioned!

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Ongoing replication?

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Treatment intensification

2011

Decrease in immune activation over time

The 4 patients with detectable reservoir at baseline decreased (p=0.06) at wk 48

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Treatment interruption

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2007

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Early treatment

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Early treatment

2.1-28.7 months tx (median 9.5)

More CD4 cells Slower decline CD4

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Reservoir skewing

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Reactivation

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Therapeutic vaccination

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Therapeutic vaccination

Low dose

Medium dose

High dose

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Immune therapy

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Gene therapy

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Resources

• Difficult to know • Not comparable between countries

• Engage local governments to ensure funding/support! – Health payoffs – Economic payoffs

www.amfar.org CHERUB' Collabora-on'HIV'Eradica-on'of'Reservoirs:' UK'BRC' ' Plans'for'clinical'studies'in'the'UK' Webinar'AVAC'June'2013' The'Comprehensive'Biomedical' Research'Centres'(CBRCs)' • The'Na-onal'Ins-tute'for'Health'Research'is'charged' with'developing'and'suppor-ng'a'health'research' system'in'which'the'NHS'supports'leading'edge' research'focused'on'the'needs'of'pa-ents'and'the' public.' • Funding'is'allocated'through'the'BRCs'and'CBRCs' through'compe--ve'tender.' • In'August'2011,'the'NIHR'invested'a'further'£800' million'in'health'research'over'5'years.' • CHERUB'is'part'of'this'investment.' • CHERUB'–'uniquely'W'combines'the'research'efforts'of' the'five'‘comprehensive’'BRCs' CHERUB'Steering'Commi\ee' Name% Ins)tu)on% Role% John'Frater' University'of'Oxford' Scien-fic'lead' Sarah'Fidler' Imperial'College'London' Clinical'lead' Jonathan'Weber' Imperial'College' Chair'of'TSC' James'Williams,'Lucy'Dorrel' University'of'Oxford' Laboratory' Steve'Kaye' Imperial'College' Laboratory' Simon'Collins' iWBase' People'living'with'HIV' Representa-on' Deenan'Pillay,'Ravi'Gupta' University'College'London' Laboratory' Paul'Kellam' Sanger'Ins-tute'/'UCL' Deep'sequencing' Mike'Malim,,'John'Cason,'' Kings'College'London' Laboratory'&'Biobank,'' Julie'Fox' clinical'centre' Andrew'Lever,'Mark'Wills' University'of'Cambridge' Viral'replica-on'assay' Jane'Anderson,'Adrian' BHIVA'chair' Palfreman' Mark'Nelson,'Mark'Bower,' C&W'Hospital,'' UK'Clinical'leads' Mar-n'Fisher,'Sabine'Kinloch,' Brighton,'Royal'Free,'' Nneke'Nwokolo,'Caroline' Dean'street,'St'Marys'Hospital,' Foster,'Iain'Williams' Mor-mer'Market' Scien-fic'work'led'by'Dr'John'Frater' Determining'Endpoints:'Assay'Development'

• Development'of'‘stock’'assays' • Proviral'DNA'qPCR'(integrated,'total,'episomal)' – UltraWlow'viral'load'assay'(Steve'Kaye'IC)' – Quan-ta-ve'replica-on'competence'(Andrew'Lever' Cambridge)' – Sequencing'plagorms'' – Immunology'plagorms'' • New'plagorms' Clinical'Cohorts'in'Development'

• 001':'IVIG'in'PHI' • 003:'Chemotherapy'protocol' • Viral'reservoir'characteriza-on'SPARTAC'study' • Observa-onal'studies'CHERUBWyc,'HEATHER' ' • Future'planned'studies'awai-ng'funding'decision:' • 005:'HDACi'+'Vaccine'in'PHI' • HDACi'+'ART'+'chemotherapy' • HDCAi'+'Vaccine'in'ARTWtreated'acute'infec-on' • Genera-on'of'autologous'HIV'‘vaccine’''' • CHERUB'001:'IVIG'in'Primary'HIV' Infec-on' – Julie'Fox'(King’s'College'London)' ' • Reduc)on%of%the%HIV51%reservoir%in%res)ng%CD4+%T5 lymphocytes%by%high%dosage%intravenous% immunoglobulin%treatment%in%ART%treated%acute% infec)on%:%a%proof5of5concept%study' ' ' ' ' Rebound%of%residual%plasma%viremia%aEer%ini)al%decrease%following%addi)on%of%intravenous%immunoglobulin%to%effec)ve%an)retroviral%treatment% of%HIV.%%[Mellberg'T,'Gonzalez'VD,'Lindkvist'A,'Edén'A,'Sönnerborg'A,'Sandberg'JK,'Svennerholm'B,'Gisslén'M';'AIDS%Res%Ther.%2011%Jun%28;8:21]' ' N%=%10% Recent%HIV%infec)on% Within%12%weeks%of%infec)on%% Immediate'ART'Truvada'Darunavir'Ritonavir'Raltegrvir' 2x''HIV'VL<50'four'weeks'apart''' Randomisa-on''

ART'+'30g'IVIG'' Con-nue'ART'' 0.4g/kg/day5'days''

Primary%outcome:'quan-fica-on'of'HIV'DNA'week'48' Secondary%outcome:'immune'ac-va-on''Gut''biopsy'sub'study' CHERUB'003'–'‘Chemotherapy’' Prof'Mark'Bower'

• Proof'of'principle'study;'n=25' • AIM:'To'inves-gate'the'impact'of'cytotoxic'chemotherapy'agents'in' addi-on'to'ART'on'surrogate'markers'of'viral'reservoirs.' • Primary%Endpoints% • Comparison'of'proviral%DNA%quan)fica)on%between'baseline'and'at'12' weeks'postWchemotherapy''

• Cytotoxic'agents'used'in'HIV+ve'individuals'with'malignancy'include:' – Kaposi’s'sarcoma'–'Liposomal'doxorubicin'(Caelyx)'or'liposomal'daunorubicin' (Daunoxome)'or'Paclitaxel' – NonWHodgkin’s'Lymphoma'–'‘RCHOP’:'Rituximab,'Cyclophosphamide,' Doxorubicin,'Vincris-ne,'Prednisolone' – Hodgkin’s'Disease'–'‘ABVD’:'Doxorubicin,'Bleomycin,'Vinblas-ne,'Dacarbazine'

SPARTAC'Trial':Design

• Defini-on'of'PHI' – 'laboratory'evidence'of'infec-on'within'6'months'of'a'previous' nega-ve'test,'<3'bands'WB,'RITA'incident,'an-body'nega-ve'PCR+'' • Randomisa-on'to'one'of'three'arms:' – 48Wweek'short'course'ART'(ARTW48)' – 12Wweek'short'course'ART'(ARTW12)' – No'therapy'(Standard'of'Care'SOC)' • Primary'end'point'' – -me'to'CD4'<350'cells/mm3'or'longWterm'ART'ini-a-on'

N'Engl'J'Med.'2013'17;368(3):207W17' SPARTAC:'Time'to'primary'endpoint' 1.00' ART48%HR%0.63% (0.45,0.90),%p=0.01%

0.75' SOC% 0.50' ART12%HR%0.93% (0.67,1.29),%p=0.67%

primary%endpoint% 0.25' Probability%of%not%reaching%

0.00' 0' .5' 1' 1.5' 2' 2.5' 3' 3.5' 4' 4.5' Time%(years)% SOC' 123' 109' 93' 82' 75' 66' 59' 46' 30' 18' ARTW12' 120' 110' 95' 84' 79' 71' 63' 49' 32' 21' ARTW48' 123' 121' 117' 109' 100' 88' 80' 63' 41' 19' N'Engl'J'Med.'2013'17;368(3):207W17' Characterisa-on'of'measures'of'viral' reservoirs'in'SPARTAC' • N='40'par-cipants'randomly'selected'from'ART48' vs'SOC' • Quan-fica-on'of'total'integrated'HIV'DNA'at' baseline'and'week'52' • Results:'HIVW1'reservoir'aser'48'weeks'of' treatment'strongly'predicted'disease' progression,'with'total'HIVW1'levels'being'more' predic-ve'than'integrated'levels.'' • Dr'John'Frater:'will'present'at'KL'July'2013,' Towards'a'cure'mee-ng'and'IAS'oral'late'breaker' Observa-onal'studies'

• HEATHER' • Individuals'with'defined'HIV'acute'infec-on'(<'12'weeks'from' previous'nega-ve'test)'ini-a-ng'immediate'ART'suppressed' on'treatment'for'>'2'years' • CHERUBWyc' • Perinatally'HIV'infected'young'people'age'>'10'years:'either'started'on' ART'within'first'year'of'life'and's-ll'suppressed'vs'ART'started'>1''years'of' age'

• Primary'outcome'' – total'and'integrated'HIV'DNA' Future'studies'planned'

• REACH'' • Genera-on'of'autologous'vaccine'for'future' ex'vivo'studies'from'treated'acute'infec-on' (Eric'Arts'Amfar'applica-on'under'review)' • ART'treated'from'acute'infec-ons'Vaccina-on' plus'HDACi'with'more'potent'agent' Romedepsin':'dependent'on'outcome'of' single'dose'ACTG'Mellors'study' CHERUB%005% REACH:%Recent%HIV%infec)on:%Eradica)on%by% Ac)va)on%of%the%HIV%reservoir:%A%proof%of% concept%trial%'' • Proof'of'principle'pilot'study'n'='50' • Industry'(Merck,'Okairos')'academic' partnership'funding'sought'from'MRC'DCS' • Recent'HIV'infec-on'(<'12'weeks).' – Pa-ents'with'recent'HIV'infec-on' – Start''immediate'ART' – ART'+'Vaccina-on'+'HDACiW'Vorinostat' • Primary'Outcome:'Quan-fica-on'of'HIV'reservoir.'

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RANDOMISATION% At%wk%24%

Recruitment' ChAd' MVA' and' HIVcon' HIVcon' screening' prime' boost'

24'weeks' 8'weeks' 12'days' 4.2'weeks'

3'Drug'HAART'+'Raltegravir' Arm'1:' Control' HAART'only' 2'Days' 3'Drug'HAART'+'Raltegravir' Vaccinate;' Commence' FollowWup'period' Arm'2:' HAART' vorinostat'400mg' 4.2'weeks;' HAART'+SAHA' con-nues' od'for'10'day;' HAART'con-nues' +'Vaccine' ' HAART'con-nues'

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Primary'Study'end'point' Comparison'between'arms'Log10'integrated'proviral'HIV'DNA'/CD4'cell'at'week'38'&'40' Why'might'you'be'interested?'

• All'interes-ng'UK'health'care'professionals' providing'care'for'PLWHA'may'see'pa-ents' who'ask'ques-ons'about'UK'HIV'“cure”' research' • May'refer'poten-ally'interested'pa-ents'into' ongoing'studies'' • May'be'interested'in'working'with'the' collabora-on'in'laboratory'based'research'or' developing'new'clinical'trial'ideas'' Towards an HIV Cure : Can Immunity to HIV control the reservoirs ?

Pr Brigitte Autran Inst. of Researches Immunity, and Infection , Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, France Why do we need a Cure for HIV ?  To control the HIV pandemics How ?

Current Can we AntiRetroVirals NO AIDS decrease the HIV Reservoirs Persistence of and stop ART? HIV Functional Cure Reservoirs 2 models: Elite Controlers Post-treatment Controlers or eradicate HIV: Sterilizing Cure ? Berlin patient

B Autran

Obstacles to Eradication of the HIV Reservoirs

Residual Immune Replication Activation

HIV Latency

B Autran Very early kinetics of Constitution of durable HIV Reservoirs

Immune Responses to HIV: The Optiprim ANRS-147  « Too little, too late » substudy

From A Haase et al. 2008 HIV Reservoirs in Heterogeneous and

long-lived CD4 T cells (up to 1/10 cells) Massive and Early memoryCentral memory effector Establishment Memory Transitionaleffector Turnover CD4 cell Memory Naive CD4 T of the HIV Reservoirs CD4+cell in CD4 cells memoryEffector Effector memory Apoptosis 30 d post inf. memorymemory CD4 T Memory B Autran CD4 T Why does HIV persist despite treatment & immune responses ?

Obstacles towards an HIV Cure :

The Sleeping Beauty & The Trojan Horse

Central memorymemory Memory Transitionaleffectoreffector Turnover CD4 cell Memory CD4 T Naive CD4+cell memoryEffector Effector memory Apoptosis memorymemory CD4 T Targeted by ARV Memory CD4 T anti-HIV CTLs Abs How to measure the HIV Reservoirs? Levels of total cell-associated HIV-DNA in the peripheral blood at various stages of the HIV infection (Data from the french ANRS Cohorts )

UN-TREATED UN-TREATED Post-treatment controlers PTC Peripheral Blood HIV-DNA levels : same magnitude and correlation to gut tissue reservoirs (Avettand-Fenoel AIDS 2008, Descours B et al. J.AIDS 2012 B Autran Levels of HIV Reservoirs : the best predictors for long term control of HIV after stopping cART in early treated patients (the SALTO ANRS 116)

95 patients 12 months post TI

• Age 40 years (IQR: 36–45). • All had CD4 cell >500/mm3 • Pre-cART values  7/95 patients still had a VL<400 cp/ml • CD4 : 454 /mL (392–576) (KP: 7.5%, CI: 3.7-14.6)

• VL : 4.3 log cp/ml (3.9 – 4.5) 10  4 kept a VL<400 copies/mL • CD4 nadir : 382 /mL (340–492). up to 36 months;

• Duration of cART : 5.3 y (4.0–6.0)  HIV DNA was the only significant • Baseline values predictor of maintaining VL < 400 cp/ml • CD4 : 813 cells/µL (695–988) (median: < 10 vs 233 cp / 106PBMCs, 6 • DNA : 206 copies/10 PBMCs p < 0.001 ) (IQR: 53–556)

B Autran Piketty et al, J Med Virol, 2010; Assoumou et al, CROI 2013 Post-treatment Controllers: new hope for a functional cure

ANRS Visconti cohort

- Long-term remission of 14 patients treated at ~39 days p.i. for a median of 3.5 years and controlling off therapy for > 4 years

Mississippi Baby

- Infant treated with early, intense antiretroviral treatment within 30 hours of birth. - Plasma HIV RNA undetectable, despite ART discontinuation

B Autran Long-term Remission of HIV after Interruption of Very Early ART in Adults-ANRS EP47 VISCONTI

The probability of patients treated since PHI for >12 months to control for >24 months after treatment interruption is ~ 8-15%. Hocqueloux et al 2010; Goujard et al 2012; Saez-Cirion et al 2013

EP 47 VISCONTI: 14 patients treated at ~39 days p.i. for a median of 3.5 years and controlling off therapy for > 4 years

Post-treatment controllers do not Low reservoir levels which further have a favorable MHC background decreased after treatment interruption in some cases 60 4

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0 HIV associated Cell France HIC PTC 0 0 30 60 90 120 Time after treatment B Autran interruption (months) 9

Potential strategies to reduce HIV reservoirs From C. Katlama et al. Lancet 2013

CD8 NKT

APC Anti-HIV immunity

Systemic Inflammation Immune Residual Viral Co- Activation Replication Infections

Disruption of Pre/post- HIV transcriptional HIV Reservoirs latency in quiescent CD4T cells Latency - IL7 - HDACi B Autran - HMBA … Therapeutic immunization against HIV : Changes in paradigms

The 2000s years : The 2010s years :  To re-immunize against HIV :  To re-immunize against HIV : - while on ART - while on ART - before relapse, - in association with anti-latency agents  In order to limit :  In order to : - time on therapy - reduce or purge the HIV reservoirs - disease progression during time « off ART » - allow functional cure of HIV

HAART HART + + X +

vaccine Vaccine HIV DNA HIV HIV RNA HIV

   Help CTL    Murphy et al. Science 2009; Trono D. et al Nat.Med. 2010; the IAS Working Scientific group on HIV Cure, NRI 2012 Autran et al NRI 2003, Science 2004, Exp. Rev. on HIV Vaccines 2004 Katlama C. et al. The Lancet 2013 A new therapeutic concept : Can therapeutic vaccines help at purging the HIV Reservoirs?

Lessons from : • Elite Controllers: Anti-latency Immune control of the Purging the HIV Reservoirs HIV by anti-HIV CD8 T cells reservoirs ? ( Martinez et al. J.Inf. Dis. 2005, Almeida JR et al , J.Exp. Med 2007; CTLs/Abs Xie J. et al. AIDS 2011; Descours B. et al. Clin. Inf. Dis. 2012)

D Richmann et al. Science 2009 • Therapeutic vaccines trials against HIV

 A Therapeutic Vaccine should induce - Limited capacity to control virus  anti-HIV CD8 T cells or Abs relapse in the absence of to kill the residual replicating cells CD8 T cells or Abs  or block cell to cell HIV spreading (B Autran et al. AIDS 2008 Papagno et al. AIDS 2011)

Autran et al NRI 2003, Science 2004, Murphy et al. Science 2009; D Richman Nat.Med. 2009; the IAS Working Scientific group on HIV Cure, NRI 2012 Lessons from Elite Controllers

Anti-HIV CD8 T Lymphocytes : Key for the control of HIV Reservoirs in Centra-Memory CD4 T cells

HLA-B27/57 neg  Critical protection of long-lived

Central- Memory CD4 TN Antigens TCM Antigens TTM Antigens TEM HLA-B27/57pos T Lymphocytes (TCM):

 required for maintaining TCM TN TTM TEM T cell Numbers and Function

memoryEffector Apoptosis memory effector in the long term

CCR7 Memory effector

CCR7 Effector CD4 T cells CD4 T

Naive CD45RA cells CD45RA CD4+cell  preserved in LTNP / Controllers

CCR7 memory CCR7 memory Central Transitionnal CD45RA memorymemory

CD4 T cells Memory Turnover CCR7 CD4 T cells CD27

CD45RA

HIV Transcriptionally active HIV Transcriptionally inactive B Descours et al CID 2012. Anti gag CD8 T cells Can a Therapeutic vaccine against HIV decrease the HIV reservoirs ?

AIDS 2011

19 young adults (23 y.o) on ART, HIV RNA < 50 cp/mL

vaccine: HIV env, gag, tat, rev, nef, RT recombinant MVA +FowlPoxV - 2 MVA: D0, W4 - 1 FPV: W8

 Transient decrease in latently infected CD4+ T cells The EraMune-02 Trial : Study Design

International, multicenter, randomized, non-comparative Hyper-ART + controlled study of therapeutic intensification Immune plus vaccine in HIV-infected patients

interventions with long-term viral suppression

(USA, PI: R Murphy) HIV DNA ERAMUNE-02 HIV RNA  Primary objective: SCREENING Decrease in the HIV-1 viral W -4 ARM A ARM B (n=14) reservoir (n=14) D0 3 ARV + (cell-associated HIV-DNA) Rationale : Intensification Results end Q2 2013 3 ARV (raltegravir + TOC study combining Randomization maraviroc) - ARV intensification + + Intensification - immune intervention + VRC Vaccine:  Next steps ? (raltegravir + W8 inducing HIV-specific maraviroc) 3x HIVDNA016-00-VP  To combine a therapeutic (W8,12, 16) CD8 T cells to target vaccine with an anti-latency residual HIV replication: 1x rAd5 (W32) VRC-HIVADV014-00-VP agent capable to induce Eramune-02 => HIV antigen expression

 Other Strategies ? Primary Evaluation W56 B Autran Univ Pierre et Marie Curie , Pitié-Salpétrière, IFR Immunité-Cancer-Infection CRIV (Centre de Recherches Intégrées sur le VIH)

INSERM U945 INSERM U943 Immunity & immunogenetics to Clinical Research /Virology /Epidemiol A Samri B Descours I Theodorou C Katlama V Calvez D Costagliola A Guihot V Martinez J Guergnon et al. et al. et al. G Carcelain C Bacchus B Autran

ANRS CO15, CO-21 Cohorts, VISCONTI, OPTIPRIM and Reservoir study groups: Virology and serology : C Rouzioux, V Avettand , Univ. Paris-5 Viro-Immunology: A Saez-Cirion, Inst. Pasteur Clinics: JP Clauvel, Saint-Louis Hosp. Univ Paris-7 ; D Sicard, Cochin Hosp. Univ. Paris-5 L Hoqueloux, CH Orléans; A Cheret CHU Lille-Tourcoing, France

ORVACS (Objectif recherche Vaccins SIDA) An International Research Platform The Eramune trials RFH Group M Youle, S Kinloch et al. AM Geretti

NIH VRC: G Nabel R Koup J Cassazza funding for HIV Cure

• Although no specific earmarked funds for HIV Cure, the ANRS funds numerous projects

• Funding, including basic research, preclinical studies and clinical research (therapeutic trials and cohorts)

• 2012 for specific HIV Cure research (very narrow definition) and HIV controllers: 1,4 million € (1,8 M USD)

• Total amount includes some post-doc salaries and PhD studentships, but excludes all other salaries

Scientific coordination surrounding HIV Cure

• AC 32: Viral reservoirs – Co-presidents : Christine Rouzioux, Hopital Necker, Paris and Asier Saez-Cirion, Institut Pasteur – Created in 2008, this group brings together research from basic sciences, preclinical and clinical studies. – 4 meetings per year

• AC 5: Therapeutic clinical trials – President: Jean-Michel Molina, St Louis Hospital, Paris – Review and discussion of all therapeutic clinical trials, including trials on primary infection, treatment intensification, etc…

Selected key projects

• ANRS EP47 Visconti: Distribution of the HIV reservoir in patients spontaneously controlling HIV infection after treatment interruption (PLoS Pathogens, 2013)

• ANRS CO6 Primo cohort: some rare patients show persistent control of HIV following treatment interruption (Antiviral Therapy 2012)

• ANRS 147 Optiprim: Evaluation of treatment intensification at AHI on viral reservoirs (poster presentation at ICAAC 2012)

• ANRS CODEX CO21 - Multicentric Cohort of HIV Patient With Extreme Profile

• More than 30 ongoing projects in basic science

Upcoming ANRS events

• “ What can we learn from Post-therapy controllers?” IAS 2013 Satellite, Kuala Lumpur

Tuesday 2nd July 2013, 6.30pm – 8.30pm

• ANRS sponsorship of IAS HIV Cure symposia (AIDS2010, AIDS2012, IAS2013 in Kuala Lumpur)

• Annual ANRS Basic Science Meeting

“Relationship between immune activation/inflammation and cure (HIV and HBV)

Montpellier, April 2014 ANRS and the International Scene of HIV Cure research

NIAID: Statement of Intent (HIV Cure research) (Dr A. Fauci) - July 2013

Member of IAS Towards an HIV Cure Advisory Board Your logo

CURE: The point of view of people living with HIV Fred Verdult

Volle Maan Amsterdam, The Netherlands Presented by Kevin Fisher AVAC Research questions

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