Metformin and Systemic Inflammation in HIV

Summary

The purposes of this study are to find out if: metformin can be combined with anti-HIV drugs to reduce systemic inflammation measured by the determination of cytokines and other series of serum markers. To determine if the concomitant administration of metformin with TARA improves the immune function on the CD4 T cell count and its relation with the CD8 T cells, during the treatment and after its interruption. To this end, in the present study, patients with prediabetes (who meet the fasting impaired glucose criteria) will be identified and treated with metformin or placebo for 8 weeks, receiving stable TARA and with a CD4 + level\> 200 cells / μL. 40 patients from the HIV Unit of the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara "Fray Antonio Alcalde" will be included in this study and the intervention will last 8 weeks.

Timeline

Start

2018-12-15

Primary completion

2019-12-20

Completion

2020-01-08

Publications

• Background Slim J, Saling CF. A Review of Management of Inflammation in the HIV Population. Biomed Res Int. 2016;2016:3420638. doi: 10.1155/2016/3420638. Epub 2016 Sep 27.
• Background Arafath S, Campbell T, Yusuff J, Sharma R. Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Prediabetes in Patients Infected With HIV. Diabetes Spectr. 2018 May;31(2):139-143. doi: 10.2337/ds17-0009.
• Background Nou E, Lo J, Grinspoon SK. Inflammation, immune activation, and cardiovascular disease in HIV. AIDS. 2016 Jun 19;30(10):1495-509. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001109.
• Background Saisho Y. Metformin and Inflammation: Its Potential Beyond Glucose-lowering Effect. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2015;15(3):196-205. doi: 10.2174/1871530315666150316124019.

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