Perceived Changes in Body Build and Image in Patients Who Are Now Taking or Recently Have Stopped Taking Anti-HIV Drugs

Completed

Conditions studied: HIV Infections, Lipodystrophy

In brief

The purpose of this study is to learn how changes in body build affect the lives of people taking anti-HIV medications. By learning this, a set of questions can be created to help understand how changes in body build and image affect people living with HIV infection. A set of questions used to measure body image might be useful in future HIV studies. It may help doctors understand patient concerns about their body image and why some patients stop taking their anti-HIV medications.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00006290

Run by

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

People needed

60

Last updated by the study team

2008-09-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients may be eligible for this study if they:
• Are 18 years or older.
• Are HIV-positive.
• Are experiencing at least 1 of the following symptoms associated with fat changes due to HIV: 1) increase in belt or waist size; 2) increase in size of back of neck; 3) increase in bra, shirt, or blouse size to fit increasing breast size; 4) fat increase in other areas of the body; 5) loss of facial fat; 6) loss of fat in arms or legs; 7) loss of fat in buttocks.
• Agree to protect the confidentiality of other focus group participants.
• Are able to speak and read English.
• Have taken 2 or more anti-HIV medications for a total of at least 6 months at any time before entering this study. Patients must have taken some anti-HIV treatment during the 6-month period before study entry. Patients who have stopped taking these medications in the 6 months before study entry may still be eligible.
• Are willing to talk about personal topics in a taped group interview.
• Are male and either gay or bisexual (if enrolling in the Ohio State University or University of California focus groups).
• Are either female or heterosexual male (if enrolling in the University of Pennsylvania or Johns Hopkins University focus groups).

You may not qualify if…

• Patients will not be eligible for this study if they:
• Have a mental disability that, in the opinion of the researcher, could interfere with study participation.
• Have already taken part in an A5089 focus group interview.
• Have diabetes or Cushing's disease or have had surgery that might otherwise explain changes in body fat.
• Have changes in diet or physical activity that might explain changes in body fat.
• Have been on glucocorticoid therapy for a long time.
• Are pregnant.

Where it is running

• Univ of California, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• Johns Hopkins Hosp — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Ohio State Univ Hosp Clinic — Columbus, Ohio, United States
• Univ of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.