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. 1998 Oct 1;12(14):1777-84.
doi: 10.1097/00002030-199814000-00009.

Effect of indinavir on HIV-related wasting

F Carbonnel  1 , C Maslo, L Beaugerie, F Carrat, E Wirbel, C Aussel, J G Gobert, P M Girard, J P Gendre, J Cosnes, W Rozenbaum
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Effect of indinavir on HIV-related wasting

F Carbonnel et al. AIDS. .

Abstract

Objective: To study the effect of the protease inhibitor indinavir on body weight and body composition of subjects with HIV-related wasting.

Design: Prospective measurement of body weight in patients who had wasting and were treated with indinavir. A subgroup of 16 representative patients also underwent a metabolic study that included measurements of body composition (skinfolds and bioelectrical impedance) and food intake. Seven from this subgroup who did not have chronic diarrhoea also underwent indirect calorimetry for measurement of resting energy expenditure; the nine patients with wasting and chronic diarrhoea had measurements of faecal losses and intestinal permeability using the lactulose-mannitol test.

Setting: A tertiary care university hospital.

Patients: Two hundred and fourteen HIV-infected patients with wasting (less than 95% of usual body weight) had their body weight measured at day 0; 186 patients had a second body weight measurement within the first 100 days of treatment, and 160 patients were weighed a third time, at a median of 176 days.

Results: Body weight increased significantly (P < 0.0001) during treatment, whatever the degree of weight loss at baseline. After a median of 176 days on treatment, body weight had increased in 119 out of the 160 patients followed (74.4%; mean weight gain, 6.3+/-SD 3.8 kg; range, 1-18 kg), had not changed in 13 (8.1%) and had fallen in 28 (17.5%; mean weight loss, 4.2+/-3.0 kg; range, 1-12 kg), relative to baseline. Overall, 119 out of the 214 patients (55.6%) from the initial population gained weight. Fat mass, fat-free mass and body cell mass increased significantly in the 16 patients who underwent metabolic studies, together with energy, protein and lipid intake. In the patients with chronic diarrhoea, intestinal permeability improved but there was no change in intestinal losses. In patients who had wasting but not chronic diarrhoea, resting energy expenditure did not change significantly. Body weight changes correlated with changes in the CD4+ cell count (r = 0.882; P = 0.00001) and, to a lesser extent, with changes in the viral load (r = -0.466; P = 0.047).

Conclusion: Indinavir significantly improved the nutritional status of these patients with HIV-related wasting.

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  • Wasting and obesity in HIV outpatients.
    Hodgson LM, Ghattas H, Pritchitt H, Schwenk A, Payne L, Macallan DC. Hodgson LM, et al. AIDS. 2001 Nov 23;15(17):2341-2. doi: 10.1097/00002030-200111230-00024. AIDS. 2001. PMID: 11698716 No abstract available.

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