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Glutathione and Function in HIV Patients

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02348775

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We have recently reported that older patients with HIV are deficient in glutathione (GSH) due to decreased availability of cysteine and glycine, and that oral supplementation with cysteine (as n-acetylcysteine) and glycine for 2-weeks corrects their own levels, and improves (but does not fully normalize) concentrations of red-cell GSH. We also found that when GSH deficient, subjects had impaired mitochondrial fuel oxidation and this improved with an increase in intracellular GSH concentrations. These older HIV patients also had significant increases in muscle strength with improvement of GSH levels.The current proposal in older HIV patients will investigate study if cysteine and glycine supplementation for a duration of 12 weeks will result in changes in : (a) GSH levels; (b) body composition/anthropometry; (c) strength and function; (d) quality of life; (e) mitochondrial energetics; (f) biochemistry (including dyslipidemia and oxidative stress); (g) protein and glucose metabolism; (h) cognition and memory. After completing supplementation for 3 months, GSH concentrations, strength, function, mitochondrial energetics and neurocognitive tests will be measured for a further 2 months to determine the effects of washout.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02348775
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Lead sponsor
Baylor College of Medicine
Other
Enrollment
16 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
45 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Oct 31, 2014
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2018
Completion
Jul 31, 2020
Last update posted
Feb 20, 2021

2014 – 2020

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Baylor Metabolic Research Unit (MRU) Houston Texas 77030

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