Exercise for Patients With HIV Infections

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Inflammation; Lipodystrophy; HIV Infections

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00910936

EA04/050/07

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators will evaluate the effects of an endurance exercise program on the physical performance, the well being, and indicators of metabolic function in patients with an HIV infection.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 to 65
• HIV infection
• Antiviral therapy
• Understanding of written German

Exclusion criteria

• Diabetes mellitus
• All conditions which can be aggravated by exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise

Control

No Intervention group