Immune Reconstitution in HIV Disease (IREHIV)

NCT ID: NCT01702974

Last Updated: 2016-02-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

279 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-09-30

Study Completion Date

2015-08-31

Brief Summary

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The aim with this study is to provide immunotherapy with vitamin D and phenylbutyrate to treatment-naive HIV infected patients to induce important antimicrobial defence mechanisms and decreased inflammation.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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HIV Infection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Vitamin D (cholecalciferol) and PBA (sodium phenylbutyrate)

Dose of interventions: 5,000 IU of vitamin D (cholecalciferol tablets) once daily and 500 mg PBA (sodium phenylbutyrate tablets) twice daily for 16 weeks.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

vitamin D (cholecalciferol) and PBA (sodium phenylbutyrate)

Intervention Type DRUG

Dose of interventions: 5,000 IU of vitamin D (cholecalciferol tablets) once daily and 500 mg PBA (sodium phenylbutyrate tablets) twice daily for 16 weeks.

Placebo tablets

Placebo tablets for vitamin D once daily and placebo tablets for PBA (phenylbutyrate) twice daily for 16 weeks.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo tablets

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo tablets for vitamin D once daily and placebo tablets for PBA (phenylbutyrate) twice daily for 16 weeks.

Interventions

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vitamin D (cholecalciferol) and PBA (sodium phenylbutyrate)

Dose of interventions: 5,000 IU of vitamin D (cholecalciferol tablets) once daily and 500 mg PBA (sodium phenylbutyrate tablets) twice daily for 16 weeks.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo tablets

Placebo tablets for vitamin D once daily and placebo tablets for PBA (phenylbutyrate) twice daily for 16 weeks.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Adult patients \>18 years not subjected to HAART.

HIV-1 infected patients with CD4 T cells counts \>200 cells/ml.

Detectable plasma viral loads \>1000 copies/ml.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients on HAART or other antimicrobial drugs (including bactrim).

Antimicrobial drug treatment in the past month.

Patients with medical contra-indication for biopsy such as bleeding tendencies.

Hypercalcaemia (serum calcium \> 3,0 mmol/L) identified at baseline.

Pregnant and breast feeding women.

Any known liver or kidney function abnormality, malignancy or patients treated with cardiac glycosides.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Addis Ababa University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Karolinska Institutet

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Susanna Brighenti

Associate professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Susanna Brighenti, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Karolinska Institutet

Locations

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Black Lion Hospital (BLH), Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Medicine

Addis Ababa, Lideta Sub City, Ethiopia

Site Status

Countries

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Ethiopia

References

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Missailidis C, Sorensen N, Ashenafi S, Amogne W, Kassa E, Bekele A, Getachew M, Gebreselassie N, Aseffa A, Aderaye G, Andersson J, Brighenti S, Bergman P. Vitamin D and Phenylbutyrate Supplementation Does Not Modulate Gut Derived Immune Activation in HIV-1. Nutrients. 2019 Jul 21;11(7):1675. doi: 10.3390/nu11071675.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31330899 (View on PubMed)

Ashenafi S, Amogne W, Kassa E, Gebreselassie N, Bekele A, Aseffa G, Getachew M, Aseffa A, Worku A, Hammar U, Bergman P, Aderaye G, Andersson J, Brighenti S. Daily Nutritional Supplementation with Vitamin D(3) and Phenylbutyrate to Treatment-Naive HIV Patients Tested in a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial. Nutrients. 2019 Jan 10;11(1):133. doi: 10.3390/nu11010133.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30634590 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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IREHIV-2012

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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