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CompletedNCT00549367TACH001Updated Feb 17, 2023

The Role of Diet Education and Nutritional Counselling in the Ongoing Care of People Living With HIV in Thailand

An interventional study of Nutrition Counselling in HIV Infections, sponsored by Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre. Completed at 1 site in Thailand. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-02-17.

Sponsored by Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
153
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education and dietary counselling to improve the nutritional status, well-being and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) attending an HIV treatment facility in Bangkok Thailand.

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To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education and dietary counselling to improve the nutritional status, well-being and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) attending an HIV treatment facility in Bangkok Thailand. This will be achieved by determining if dietary counselling and nutrition education has an effect on nutritional status (weight, lean body mass and fat mass), dietary intake, food security, quality of life, biochemical parameters (including total cholesterol, LDL/ HDL cholesterol and Triglyceride), experience of symptoms and patient satisfaction

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Conditions studied

  • HIV Infections

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Keywords

  • Nutritional status
  • Nutrition counselling
  • Nutrition assessment
  • HIV
  • Alternative Medicine
  • Complementary Medicine
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In context

HIV Infections

4,257 studies on the registry are indexed under HIV Infections; 240 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 153 is above the median of 83 across 3,250 interventional studies indexed under HIV Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre is the lead sponsor of 30 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • HIV positive
  • 18 years of age or older
  • Receiving ongoing care as part of the TRCARC Family Clinic (TRCARC Wellness Plus clinic)
  • Either ART naive or have been on stable ART for more than 6 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • HIV negative
  • Unintentional weight loss of more than 10% usual body weight, or BMI\<17
  • BMI>30
  • Suspected or documented HIV related opportunistic infection
  • Pregnant women
  • Women less than 3 months post-partum
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
153 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    1

    Clients in the control arm of the study will receive nutrition assessment only for the first 24 weeks and the be transferred to nutrition counselling group

    Behavioral: Nutrition Counselling

Interventions

  • BehavioralNutrition Counselling

    Clients will receive ongoing nutrition assessment and dietary counselling. The intervention arm will receive all baseline assessments and individual nutritional assessment, counselling and nutrition management plans using standards of practice

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. body composition measured by BIA and anthropometry

    Time frame: 48 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in dietary intake, food security, quality of life, biochemical parameters (including total cholesterol, LDL/ HDL cholesterol and Triglyceride), experience of symptoms and patient satisfaction

    Time frame: 48 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
    Bangkok, Pathumwan 10330, Thailand
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 17, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00549367
Lead sponsor
Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
Collaborators
Mahidol University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 25, 2007
Start date
Nov 2007
Primary completion
Dec 2022
Completion
Feb 2023
Last update
Feb 17, 2023

Study contacts

Simon J Sadler
principal investigator · Albion Street Centre

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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