The Role of Diet Education and Nutritional Counselling in the Ongoing Care of People Living With HIV in Thailand (TACH001)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00549367 |
Recruitment Status
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Active, not recruiting
First Posted
: October 25, 2007
Last Update Posted
: May 9, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Infections | Behavioral: Nutrition Counselling | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 153 participants |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Supportive Care |
Official Title: | The Role of Diet Education and Nutritional Counselling in the Ongoing Care of People Living With HIV in Thailand (TACH001) |
Study Start Date : | November 2007 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2019 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2022 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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1
Clients in the control arm of the study will receive nutrition assessment only for the first 24 weeks and the be transferred to nutrition counselling group
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Behavioral: Nutrition Counselling
Clients will receive ongoing nutrition assessment and dietary counselling. The intervention arm will receive all baseline assessments and individual nutritional assessment, counselling and nutrition management plans using standards of practice
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- body composition measured by BIA and anthropometry [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Change in dietary intake, food security, quality of life, biochemical parameters (including total cholesterol, LDL/ HDL cholesterol and Triglyceride), experience of symptoms and patient satisfaction [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV positive
- 18 years of age or older
- Receiving ongoing care as part of the TRCARC Family Clinic (TRCARC Wellness Plus clinic)
- Either ART naive or have been on stable ART for more than 6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- HIV negative
- Unintentional weight loss of more than 10% usual body weight, or BMI<17
- BMI>30
- Suspected or documented HIV related opportunistic infection
- Pregnant women
- Women less than 3 months post-partum

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00549367
Thailand | |
Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre | |
Bangkok, Pathumwan, Thailand, 10330 |
Principal Investigator: | Simon J Sadler | Albion Street Centre |
Responsible Party: | Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00549367 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
TACHIN001 |
First Posted: | October 25, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 9, 2017 |
Last Verified: | May 2017 |
Keywords provided by Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre:
Nutritional status Nutrition counselling Nutrition assessment |
HIV Alternative Medicine Complementary Medicine |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases |