Impact of Probiotics in HIV-positive Patients With Neurocognitive Disorders

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The prevalence of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) remains high during the era of effective triple therapy. The main clinical phenotypes of cognitive impairment are currently represented by asymptomatic neurocognitive neurocognitive impairment (ANI) and mild neurocognitive disorders (MND). In contrast, HIV-associated dementia has almost disappeared. Among the hypotheses to explain the persistence of such a high prevalence is the persistent activation of the immune system despite virological success. This chronic immune activation is believed to be responsible for an inflammatory response and therefore for accelerated cell aging. Several organ complications in HIV-positive patients have been associated with high markers of immune activation. Among the causes of chronic immune activation in virologically controlled patients, an imbalance in the intestinal flora is suspected. In fact, shortly after HIV infection, the virus causes significant apoptosis of intestinal lymphocytes, responsible for a loss of integrity of the intestinal barrier and an imbalance of flora, defined as "dysbiosis". Loss of epithelial integrity and intestinal dysbiosis are suspected of causing systemic passage of bacterial fragments, of which lypopolisaccharide is best known, resulting in chronic activation of the immune system. Several studies suggest a link between digestive bacterial translocation and HIV-related neurocognitive disorders. An improvement in intestinal dysbiosis could therefore contribute to reducing immune activation and the severity of cognitive impairment. A recent study showed that probiotics can reduce levels of neopterin, a marker of monocytic activation, in the cerebrospinal fluid of HIV-positive patients without neurological symptoms. Our objective is to evaluate the impact of probiotic supplementation on immune activation and cognitive performance in virologically controlled HIV-positive patients with a diagnosis of ANI or MND. The potential improvement of cognition through probiotic treatment could therefore improve their quality of life at a lower cost than a drug and without the risk of serious side effects.

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• Study type: Interventional
• Participants enrolled: 32
• From Sept 2019 to the primary completion date, Dec 2021
• 3 sites in 1 country
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Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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