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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 25 February 2013
Main ID:  NCT00978237
Date of registration: 15/09/2009
Primary sponsor: Juan A. Arnaiz
Public title: Clinical Trial to Assess the Effect of the Change of Efavirenz (EFV) for Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r) in Lipoatrophy in HIV-infected Patients LIPOKAL
Scientific 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.
Date of first enrolment: October 2009
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00978237
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Spain
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

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.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
HIV Infections
Lipoatrophy
Intervention(s)
Drug: EFV
Drug: LPV/r
Primary Outcome(s)
Absolute change in limb fat mass measured by DEXA. [Time Frame: 24 months.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
LIPOKAL
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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