NCT00703248

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Osteopathic Manipulation Evaluation Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: —
• Sponsor: Nova Southeastern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Treatment options that increase immune function, such as Osteopathic Manipulation Treatment (OMT) lymphatic techniques, may provide improved short or long term performance of the immune system. However, the efficacy of OMT to boost immune function among people living with HIV has not yet been examined in a controlled study. Our experiment is designed to examine the short (45 minutes) term impact of OMT on the white blood cells counts of HIV positive men who are either antiretroviral therapy (ART) naïve or have not taken ART for at least 12 months prior to enrollment in the study.

Conditions

• HIV Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Osteopathic Manipulative Treatments	1. opening the thoracic inlet 2. pectoral traction for 1 minute bilaterally 3. rib raising for a total of 4 minutes- 2 minutes on each side of the thoracic spine \] 4. thoracic pump at a rate of 60 times per minute for a total of 5 minutes bilaterally 5. abdominal pump at a rate of 30 times per minute for a total of 5 minutes bilaterally.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-10-01
• Primary completion: 2008-06-01
• Completion: 2008-06-01
• First posted: 2008-06-23
• Last updated: 2008-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States