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

The Role of Diet Education and Nutritional Counselling in the Ongoing Care of People Living With HIV in Thailand (TACH001)

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00549367

Acronym

TACH001

Enrollment

153

Registered

2007-10-25

Start date

2007-11-30

Completion date

2023-02-28

Last updated

2023-02-17

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Conditions

HIV Infections

Keywords

Nutritional status, Nutrition counselling, Nutrition assessment, HIV, Alternative Medicine, Complementary Medicine

Brief summary

Detailed description

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

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

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

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

* 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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
body composition measured by BIA and anthropometry	48 weeks

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
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	48 weeks

Countries

Thailand

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026