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Not Applicable
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Registration Number
- PACTR201106000300631
- Lead Sponsor
- ondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2300
Inclusion Criteria
at least 18 years old;
ART-naive (except for standard regimens to prevent maternal-to-child HIV transmission);
BMI < 18.5 kg/m2. In the presence of clinical oedema and a BMI < 20 kg/m2, BMI will be re-measured after loss of oedema, and the patient considered eligible if BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 and ART has not yet been initiated;
requiring ART as determined by CD4 count < 350/ul or stage 3 or 4 disease;
willing to undertake intensive ART follow-up in the study clinic;
providing written, fully informed consent (thumbprint will be accepted)
Exclusion Criteria
participation in a potentially conflicting research protocol;
pregnancy (by self-report)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method