NCT00857298

Effect of Diet-induced Weight Loss on HIV-associated Metabolic Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Obese HIV-positive women with Metabolic Syndrome (HIV-MS) and obese HIV-negative women with Metabolic Syndrome will be studied before and after achieving moderate (6%-8%) diet-induced weight loss. The investigators hypothesize that health markers will improve in both groups but that the improvement will be blunted in the women with HIV-MS.

Conditions

• HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
• Metabolic Syndrome
• HIV Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Dietary Intervention	The nutrition curriculum will involve weekly group and individual sessions. The initial calorie goal will be \~750 kcal below the resting energy equivalent, and adjusted as needed to achieve weight loss targets.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-07-01
• Completion: 2014-07-01
• First posted: 2009-03-06
• Last updated: 2015-02-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States