Switching From Zidovudine to an NNRTI or Lopinavir/Ritonavir in Patients Treated With Zidovudine/ Lamivudine/Abacavir.
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00139178 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : August 31, 2005
Last Update Posted : September 5, 2005
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has improved the long time survival of HIV infected individuals. However an increasing number of HIV-patients have developed metabolic and morphological alterations including peripheral lipoatrophy.
The main hypothesis of the study is that switching from thymidine-analogue based HAART will reverse lipoatrophy.
We plan to perform an observational study recruiting up to 100 HIV-infected patients receiving Trizivir (zidovudine/lamivudine/abacavir).
The patients will be offered an NRTI or lopinavir/ritonavir instead of zidovudine or they can choose to continue with Trizivir.
The main endpoint is changes in peripheral fat mass as determined by DEXA-scanning.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome. HIV Hypercholesterolemia Lipoatrophy | Drug: Different HAART regimens | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Enrollment : | 100 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Switching From Zidovudine to an NNRTI or Lopinavir/Ritonavir in Patients Treated With Zidovudine/ Lamivudine/Abacavir. Influence on Metabolic Abnormalities |
Study Start Date : | March 2004 |
Study Completion Date : | April 2007 |
- Changes in peripheral fat mass, determined by DEXA-Changes Change from baseline in fasting lipids and subsets hereof. Development of impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance.
- Changes in body composition from baseline, determined by patient and physician in a standardized questionnaire and by standardized clinical examination.
- Proportion of patients with HIV-RNA < 20 copies after 24, 48, 72 and 96 weeks.
- Change in CD4 cell count from baseline after 24, 48, 72 and 96 weeks.
- Incidence of adverse events.
- Incidence of clinical disease progression.
- Proportion of patients who have virological, immunological or clinical failure or treatment-limiting adverse events at week 24,48 and 96.
- Change in plasma lactate from baseline.
- Time to discontinuation of the allocated therapy and reasons for this.
- Incidence of genotypical and virological resistance. Development of osteopenia, judged by DEXA-scan. Compliance - proportion of patients who report to take 90%, respectively 95% of their medications at week 4, 48 and 96.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Currently treated with lamivudine, zidovudine and abacavir
- Viral load < 200 copies/ml
- Ability to understand and provide written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women being pregnant or breast-feeding.
- Fertile women using no safe contraception.
- Patients with active intravenous drug use.
- Abuse of alcohol, which in the opinion of the treating physician will reduce the patient´s ability to follow a therapeutic regimen and evaluations of the protocol.
- Creatinine > 200 mmol/l.
- ALT or AST > 5 times upper normal value (200U/l).

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00139178
Denmark | |
Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital | |
Aarhus, Denmark, 8200 | |
Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet | |
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100 | |
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre University Hospital | |
Hvidovre, Denmark, 2650 | |
Department of Infectious diseases, Odense University Hospital | |
Odense, Denmark, 5000 |
Principal Investigator: | Jan Gerstoft, M.D., DMSc | Rigshospitalet, Denmark | |
Principal Investigator: | Ann-Brit E Hansen, M.D. | Odense University Hospital | |
Principal Investigator: | Court Pedersen, Professor | Odense University Hospital | |
Principal Investigator: | Lars Mathiesen, M.D. DMSc | Hvidovre University Hospital | |
Principal Investigator: | Alex Laursen, D.M., DMSc | Aarhus University Hospital | |
Study Chair: | Niels Obel | Odense University Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00139178 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
26122450 |
First Posted: | August 31, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 5, 2005 |
Last Verified: | August 2005 |
HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome Lipodystrophy Hypercholesterolemia Hyperlipidemias Dyslipidemias Lipid Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Skin Diseases, Metabolic Skin Diseases HIV Infections Blood-Borne Infections |
Communicable Diseases Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases |