Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-26 @ 10:56 AM
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2025-12-26 @ 10:56 AM
NCT ID:
NCT03774108
Brief Summary:
The purposes of this study are to find out if: metformin can be combined with anti-HIV drugs to reduce systemic inflammation measured by the determination of cytokines and other series of serum markers. To determine if the concomitant administration of metformin with TARA improves the immune function on the CD4 T cell count and its relation with the CD8 T cells, during the treatment and after its interruption.
To this end, in the present study, patients with prediabetes (who meet the fasting impaired glucose criteria) will be identified and treated with metformin or placebo for 8 weeks, receiving stable TARA and with a CD4 + level\> 200 cells / μL.
40 patients from the HIV Unit of the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara "Fray Antonio Alcalde" will be included in this study and the intervention will last 8 weeks.
Study:
NCT03774108
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03774108