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Last refreshed on: 19 October 2017
Main ID:  NCT01511016
Date of registration: 11/01/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine
Public title: Leptin for Abnormal Lipid Kinetics in HIV Lipodystrophy Syndrome
Scientific title: The Effect of Leptin Therapy on Abnormal Lipid Kinetics in Subjects With HIV Lipodystrophy Syndrome
Date of first enrolment: February 2003
Target sample size: 17
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01511016
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:   
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Ashok Balasubramanyam, MD
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Affiliation:  Baylor College of Medicine
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- predominantly lipoatrophic or mixed phenotype of HIV-lipodystrophy (based on
self-observation and evaluation by a study physician utilizing a visual scale;

- AM fasting leptin < 4.0 ng/ml

- hypertriglyceridemia (fasting serum TG 250-1000 mg /dl).

- normal biochemistry (except altered lipid and glucose profile). Patients with the
American Diabetes Association diagnostic criteria for diabetes were included provided
the HbA1c level was <7.5% and they received no anti-diabetic medications for at least
3 months.

- well-controlled HIV infection status evidenced by viral RNA titers <400 copies/ml, on
stable HAART.

Exclusion Criteria:

- acute or chronic illnesses.

- use of antidiabetic medications in the previous 3 months, or of lipid-lowering drugs
in the previous 6 weeks are also exclusion criteria. Other drugs excluded are growth
hormone (if used without evidence of growth hormone deficiency), Megace and
testosterone (if used without evidence of hypogonadism).



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 64 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
HIV Lipodystrophy
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Human recombinant leptin ("metreleptin")
Primary Outcome(s)
Rate of Net Lipolysis [Time Frame: 4 months after treatment]
Rate of Total Lipolysis [Time Frame: 4 months after treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Insulin Levels After Oral Glucose Challenge. [Time Frame: 4 months after treatment.]
Rates of Fatty Acid Oxidation [Time Frame: 4 months after treatment]
Glucose Levels After Glucose Challenge [Time Frame: 4 months after treatment.]
Fasting Plasma Non-HDL-C [Time Frame: 4 months after treatment.]
Secondary ID(s)
H-13372
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 27/01/2016
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01511016
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