PREPARE (A5361s) Ancillary Study of REPRIEVE (A5332)

Summary

Aging with HIV is associated with earlier development of frailty (weakness) or disability, including loss of physical and muscle strength, and walking speed. Few treatments have been shown to prevent or slow these impairments in people with or without HIV. Some studies have suggested that the class of drugs called statins (for example, pitavastatin) might be helpful in slowing frailty or disability. This might happen by decreasing fat within the muscle or by decreasing inflammation markers (substances in the blood that determine how the body reacts to infection or irritation) in the blood. Other studies have shown that statins increase the risk of muscle aches and pains. This ancillary study was done to determine the impact of the drug pitavastatin on physical and muscle function.

Timeline

Start

2017-03-14

Primary completion

2023-08-21

Completion

2023-08-21

Publications

• Results Erlandson KM, Umbleja T, Lu MT, Taron J, Ribaudo HJ, Overton ET, Presti RM, Haas DW, Sax PE, Yin MT, Zhai BK, Louis R, Upadhyay N, Eslami P, Douglas PS, Zanni MV, Fitch KV, Fulda ES, Fichtenbaum CJ, Malvestutto CD, Grinspoon SK, Brown TT. Associations of Muscle Density and Area With Coronary Artery Plaque and Physical Function. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 Oct 1;94(2):174-184. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003244.
• Results Abidi MZ, Umbleja T, Overton ET, Burdo T, Flynn JM, Lu MT, Taron J, Schnittman SR, Fitch KV, Zanni MV, Fichtenbaum CJ, Malvestutto C, Aberg JA, Fulda ES, Eckard AR, Manne-Goehler J, Tuan JJ, Ribaudo HJ, Douglas PS, Grinspoon SK, Brown TT, Erlandson KM. Cytomegalovirus IgG is Associated With Physical Function But Not Muscle Density in People With HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Apr 15;95(5):470-478. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003377.
• Results Umbleja T, Brown TT, Overton ET, Ribaudo HJ, Schrack JA, Fitch KV, Douglas PS, Grinspoon SK, Henn S, Arduino RC, Rodriguez B, Benson CA, Erlandson KM. Physical Function Impairment and Frailty in Middle-Aged People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the REPRIEVE Trial Ancillary Study PREPARE. J Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 9;222(Suppl 1):S52-S62. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa249.
• Erlandson KM, Umbleja T, Ribaudo HJ, Schrack JA, Overton ET, Fichtenbaum CJ, Fitch KV, Roa JC, Diggs MR, Wood K, Zanni MV, Bloomfield GS, Malvestutto C, Aberg JA, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Morones RG, Breaux K, Douglas PS, Grinspoon SK, Brown TT. Pitavastatin Is Well-Tolerated With no Detrimental Effects on Physical Function. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 24;80(2):425-433. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae422.

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