Diet, Exercise, Niacin, and Fenofibrate to Reduce Heart Disease Risk Factors in Individuals With HIV Lipodystrophy or Dyslipidemia

Summary

This study will evaluate the efficacy of diet and exercise (DE), with and without niacin and fenofibrate, in reducing the cardiovascular risk of patients with HIV lipodystrophy or dyslipidemia.

Timeline

Start

2004-01

Primary completion

2009-09

Completion

2012-02

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper markedly reducing triglycerides (-52% compared to usual care; P = 0.003) PMID 21565796 ↗

paper HDL-C (+12%; P < 0.001), and decreasing non-HDL-C (-18.5%; P = 0.003) PMID 21565796 ↗

Publications

• Background Samson SL, Pownall HJ, Scott LW, Ballantyne CM, Smith EO, Sekhar RV, Balasubramanyam A. Heart positive: design of a randomized controlled clinical trial of intensive lifestyle intervention, niacin and fenofibrate for HIV lipodystrophy/dyslipidemia. Contemp Clin Trials. 2006 Dec;27(6):518-30. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2006.07.002. Epub 2006 Jul 21.
• Results Balasubramanyam A, Coraza I, Smith EO, Scott LW, Patel P, Iyer D, Taylor AA, Giordano TP, Sekhar RV, Clark P, Cuevas-Sanchez E, Kamble S, Ballantyne CM, Pownall HJ. Combination of niacin and fenofibrate with lifestyle changes improves dyslipidemia and hypoadiponectinemia in HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy: results of "heart positive," a randomized, controlled trial. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Jul;96(7):2236-47. doi: 10.1210/jc.2010-3067. Epub 2011 May 11.
• Gillard BK, Raya JL, Ruiz-Esponda R, Iyer D, Coraza I, Balasubramanyam A, Pownall HJ. Impaired lipoprotein processing in HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy: aberrant high-density lipoprotein lipids, stability, and function. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2013 Jul;33(7):1714-21. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.113.301538. Epub 2013 May 2.
• Vu CN, Ruiz-Esponda R, Yang E, Chang E, Gillard B, Pownall HJ, Hoogeveen RC, Coraza I, Balasubramanyam A. Altered relationship of plasma triglycerides to HDL cholesterol in patients with HIV/HAART-associated dyslipidemia: further evidence for a unique form of metabolic syndrome in HIV patients. Metabolism. 2013 Jul;62(7):1014-20. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.01.020. Epub 2013 Mar 19.
• Wooten JS, Nambi P, Gillard BK, Pownall HJ, Coraza I, Scott LW, Nambi V, Ballantyne CM, Balasubramanyam A. Intensive lifestyle modification reduces Lp-PLA2 in dyslipidemic HIV/HAART patients. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2013 Jun;45(6):1043-50. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182843961.

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