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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 8 January 2018
Main ID:  NCT02773147
Date of registration: 12/05/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Göteborg University
Public title: Effect of Vitamin B on Plasma Neurofilament Light Protein (NFL) in HIV-infected Individuals With Increased Plasma Homocysteine
Scientific title: Effect of Vitamin B Substitution on Plasma NFL and Neurocognitive Performance in HIV-infected Individuals With Increased Plasma Homocysteine
Date of first enrolment: April 2016
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02773147
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Magnus Gisslén, MD, PhD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Göteborg University
Name:     Magnus Gisslén, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +46313436238
Email: magnus.gisslen@infect.gu.se
Affiliation: 
Name:     Magnus Gisslén, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +46313436238
Email: magnus.gisslen@infect.gu.se
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. The ability to understand and give informed consent to participate.

2. HIV-1 infected with stable ART > 12 months

3. Plasma HIV-RNA < 50 copies/ml

4. Plasma homocysteine = 12 µmol/L (subjects with < 12 µmol/L will be included in the
analysis of secondary endpoint 3 (see 5.4).

5. Male or female, age 18 or older.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or methotrexate

2. Ongoing B6, B12 or folate substitution

3. Antiepileptic treatment

4. Small bowel or ventricular resection

5. Disturbed absorption in small bowel (Mb Crohn, untreated coeliac disease)

6. Ongoing neurological disease or severe psychiatric disease

7. Any malignant tumor in the history.

8. Severe ongoing infection or opportunistic infection

9. AUDIT > 7 for men and > 5 for women

10. MADRS > 20

11. Significant B12 or folate deficiency that indicate substitution (all subjects will be
offered adequate substitution, they will be included in the analysis of secondary
endpoint 3 (see 5.4)).

12. Pregnancy at screening visit, or planning pregnancy during study period is an
exclusion criteria. (Not due to toxicity of Triobe, but to elevated risk of being
prescribed B-vitamins outside of trial. If study object gets pregnant during study,
she can continue the study but must be excluded if she starts treatment with other
B-vitamin treatment than Triobe.)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
HIV
Intervention(s)
Drug: Pyridoxine
Drug: Cyanocobalamin
Drug: Folate
Primary Outcome(s)
Declining NFL or decreased rate of increase of NFL [Time Frame: One year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2015-004311-20
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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