Clinical Trial to Assess the Effect of the Change of Efavirenz (EFV) for Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r) in Lipoatrophy in HIV-infected Patients (LIPOKAL)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00978237 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: September 16, 2009
Last Update Posted
: September 18, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Infections Lipoatrophy | Drug: EFV Drug: LPV/r | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 20 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | CT to Assess the Effect on the Subcutaneous Fat of Change of EFV for LPV/r in HIV-infected Patients Who Developed Lipoatrophy and Remains Despite Treatment With Efavirenz and Fixed-dose Combination of no Thymidine Nucleoside Analogues. |
Study Start Date : | October 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2013 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: EFV and Fixed combinations of analogues
EFV + Fixed combinations of analogue tenofovir + emtricitabine, or abacavir + lamivudine
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Drug: EFV
one pill QD VO.
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Experimental: LPV/r and combination of analogues. |
Drug: LPV/r
2 pills QD VO
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- Absolute change in limb fat mass measured by DEXA. [ Time Frame: 24 months. ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients HIV positive > 18 years.
- Patients in treatment with Sustiva(r)+Truvada(r); or Sustiva (r)+Kivexa(r).
- HIV-ARN < 50 copies/mL in the las six months.
- Clinically evident lipoatrophy (moderate or severe).
- Negative pregnancy test.
- Signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Evidence of failure or mutation to therapy with protease inhibitors.
- Patients that can not be treated with LPV/r.
- Mild lipoatrophy.
- History of alcoholism or drug addiction that discourages participation in the study.
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
- Documented current or 4 weeks prior opportunistic infection.
- Creatinin clearance < 60mL/min.
- Concomitant use of nephrotoxic drugs or immunosuppressants.
- Actual treatment with systemic corticosteroids, IL-2 or chemotherapy.
- Patients under treatment with other drugs in investigation.
- Acute hepatitis.
- Any other disease that discourages participation.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00978237
Spain | |
Hospital de Bellvitge | |
L'Hospitalet de LLobregat, Barcelona, Spain | |
Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias | |
Asturias, Spain | |
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona | |
Barcelona, Spain | |
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau de Barcelona | |
Barcelona, Spain | |
Hospital Clínico San Carlos | |
Madrid, Spain | |
Hospital La Fe | |
Valencia, Spain | |
Hospital Xeral-Cíes | |
Vigo, Spain |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Juan A. Arnaiz, MD, PhD, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00978237 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
LIPOKAL |
First Posted: | September 16, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 18, 2014 |
Last Verified: | September 2014 |
Keywords provided by Juan A. Arnaiz, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona:
HIV - Lipoatrophy treatment experienced |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Lipodystrophy Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Skin Diseases, Metabolic Skin Diseases Lipid Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases |
Efavirenz Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Anti-Retroviral Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers |