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Since the HIV changed its course to the chronic disease, high incidence of metabolic syndrome both in HIV positive and negative subjects has become an issue. Given the successful peripheral suppression of HIV after introduction of combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), comorbidities associated with aging and cognitive functioning, play the main role in the overall quality of life and adherence to the therapy. Continuous low-level neuroinflammation results in continuous and diffuse neuronal death or dysfunction leading to a certain level of neurodegeneration. Additionally, metabolic syndrome contributes to neurodegeneration causing damage to the brain vasculature and provoking the ischemic incidents. The aim of this study would be to explore the influence of switching to the INSTI based cART using neuroimaging biomarkers of inflammation and neurodegeneration. The second aim would be to monitor these neuroimaging biomarkers in patients receiving INSTI-based cART in a one-year follow-up period. Additionally, we would compare the markers of metabolic syndrome and cognitive functioning (executive functions) in HIV-positive patients after switching to INSTI-based cART and in HIV-positive patients receiving INSTI-based cART from the start. This study represents a single-center, prospective, interventional, two-armed single study. Arm I will include 60 patients on PI/EFV based ART, stable on treatment, who are switched to INSTI based regimen at the beginning of the study due to side effects or long-term toxicities like hyperlipidemia, diarrhea, (PI), insomnia, headache (EFV), high Framingham score (PI/EFV). Arm II will include 60 patients initially on INSTI-based ART, stable on treatment. The same data sets will be collected for both groups of patients. The variables collected will be related to metabolic syndrome (levels of LDL and HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting insulin, glucose, blood pressure, waist circumference, waist to hip and waist to height ratio), performance on neurocognitive tests and MR spectroscopy neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration markers at the beginning of the study, as well as in 12 months follow up. Presence of steatosis and visceral fat thickness will be assessed using ultrasonography of abdomen. The primary imaging will be performed at the time of enrollment of patients, along with the neurocognitive testing and blood sampling. The secondary imaging (follow up) will be performed 12 months after the initial, also followed by neurocognitive assessment and blood sampling. Anthropometric measurements will be acquired at the time of blood sampling. Statistical analysis will be performed after collecting the data. Our work could significantly contribute to the better life quality in the aging of HIV positive subjects in the domain of cognitive functioning, tightly associated with adherence and overall life quality.


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Serbia is low income country with epidemiology of HIV infection resembling those in developed countries, with average age of patients around 50 years and majority of them being the MSM population. Another important issue is the high incidence of metabolic syndrome both in HIV positive and negative subjects. With the successful peripheral suppression of HIV after introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), HIV disease has changed its course and now represents a chronic disease with majority of patients reaching senium. In these patients, comorbidities associated with aging, especially in the means of cognitive functioning, play the main role in the overall quality of life and adherence to the therapy. Considering the fact that viral particles of HIV remain latent in microglial cells and macrophages, virus only triggers the inflammatory response in the brain, which is afterwards maintained in the form of low-level neuroinflammation by the microglia and macrophages, resulting in continuous and diffuse neuronal death or dysfunction and leading to a certain level of neurodegeneration. With aging of HIV-positive subject, this form of neurodegeneration is combined with the physiological aging of the brain, most probably in the synergistic manner. Recent studies showed that this peripheral inflammation alters the blood-brain barrier and allows the penetration of HIV and particles, starting the "circulus vitiosus" all over again. Additionally, metabolic syndrome contributes to neurodegeneration causing damage to the brain vasculature and provoking the ischemic incidents. The switch from the old fashion to the modern INSTI based cART and its influence on the process of neurodegeneration, as well as the role of neuroprotection of INSTI are still not well examined and documented. The aim of this study would be to explore the influence of switching to the INSTI based cART on neuroimaging biomarkers of inflammation and neurodegeneration obtained by MRS. The second aim would be to monitor these neuroimaging biomarkers in patients receiving INSTI based cART from the start in a one-year follow up period. Additionally, we would compare the markers of metabolic syndrome and cognitive functioning (executive functions) in HIV-positive patients after switching to INSTI based cART and in HIV-positive patients receiving INSTI based cART from the start. This study represents a single-center, prospective, interventional, two-armed single study. Arm I will include 60 patients on PI/EFV based ART, stable on treatment, who will be switched to INSTI based regimen at the beginning of the study due to side effects or long-term toxicities like hyperlipidemia, diarrhea, (PI), insomnia, headache (EFV), high Framingham score (PI/EFV). Arm II will include 60 patients initially started on INSTI based ART, stable on treatment. The same data set will be collected in both groups of patients. The variables collected will be related to metabolic syndrome (levels of LDL and HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting insulin, glucose, blood pressure, waist circumference, waist to hip and waist to height ratio), performance on neurocognitive tests and MRS neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration markers at the beginning of the study, as well as the 12 months after the beginning. Besides the biochemical and anthropometric parameters of metabolic syndrome, presence of steatosis and visceral fat thickness will be assessed using ultrasonography of abdomen. The primary imaging will be performed at the time of enrollment of patients. At the same time point, immediately before of after the imaging, patients will fulfill the neurocognitive testing. Blood samples will be taken within one week prior to imaging. The secondary imaging (follow up) will be performed 12 months after the initial, also followed by neurocognitive assessment in the same time relationship. Blood samples will be taken within one week prior to imaging. Anthropometric measurements will be acquired at the time of blood sampling. Adequate statistical analysis will be performed after collecting the data. Our work could significantly contribute to the better life quality in the aging of HIV positive subjects in the domain of cognitive functioning, tightly associated with adherence and overall life quality. ;


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NCT number NCT04887675
Study type Interventional
Source University of Novi Sad
Contact Snezana Brkic
Phone +38163570350
Email brkicsnezana@yahoo.com
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date May 1, 2021
Completion date October 1, 2022

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