NCT02180035

Treatment With Nutritional Eating Plan and Dietary Fibers in Adult Patients With HIV/AIDS

Effect of Treatment Nutritional With Supplementation About Biochemical Profile and Anthropometry in Adult Patients With HIV/AIDS

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 290 (actual)
• Sponsor: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate if nutritional treatment with nutritional supplementation of dietary fiber reduces cholesterol levels and triglycerides (dyslipidemia) in patients with HIV/AIDS receiving antiretroviral therapy (HAART).

Conditions

• Dietary Modification
• Dyslipidemia
• Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
• HIV

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Symbiotic	6g sachet composition: Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus acidophillus, Bifidobacterium lactis and fructooligosaccharides. Each patient was instructed to consume two sachets per day, one in the morning and another before bedtime, diluted in 100 ml of filtered or boiled water at room temperature. The dietary supplement should be taken every day for 6 months.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Maltodextrin (placebo for symbiotic)	6g sachet of maltodextrin, a complex carbohydrate. Each patient was instructed to consume two sachets per day, one in the morning and another before bedtime, diluted in 100 ml of filtered or boiled water at room temperature. Placebo should be taken daily for 6 months.
BEHAVIORAL	Nutritional intervention	Nutritional intervention consists of dietary prescription (nutritional eating plan) for healthy eating based on the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population and Clinical Manual on Food and Nutrition in HIV-infected Adults Care, both Brazil Ministry of Health guidelines, in addition to nutritional counseling for preexistent clinical conditions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2011-07-01
• Completion: 2011-07-01
• First posted: 2014-07-02
• Last updated: 2014-07-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil