Analysis of gut microbiota becomes more and more accessible in recent years. Experimental data in both animal and human studies have demonstrated that imbalance of the gut microbiota which is called symbiosis may participate in an accelerated procedure of ageing as well as the expression of frailty phenotype. People living with HIV (PLHIV) present markers of phenotypic frailty on average 10 years before uninfected people. In this population structural and functional modifications of GALT (Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue) are observed early after HIV infection and persist despite virological suppression on ART (AntiRetroviral Treatment). These GALT modifications are associated with microbial translocation that is also correlated with immune activation and dysbiosis. The objective of study is to explore gut microbiota of PLWH over 5 years, as well as to study associations of its longitudinal evolution with frailty markers and burden of comorbidities.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
132
Stool samples will be collected from participants at baseline and annually during 5 years
According to Fried frailty phenotype based on the assessment of 5 criteria: shrinking (unintentional weight loss), weakness (grip strength), poor endurance (exhaustion), slowness (walking speed) and physical activity. Frail phenotype is defined as the presence of at least 3 criteria of the above mentioned and Pre-frail phenotype as the presence of 1 or 2 criteria.
Blood plasma collection to measure persistent inflammation and immune activation
Hôpital Européen Marseille
Marseille, France
RECRUITINGVariation of the Shannon index between 0 and 5 years in different groups of PLWH
Time frame: Five years
Variation of the Shannon index between 0 and 3 years in different groups of PLWH (frail, pre frail, not frail)
Time frame: Three years
Assaying inflammation markers(CRP, IL-6, sCD14, sCD163, TNFa, IP10, I-FABP, LBP, D-dimers, K/T ratio) annually and for 5 years in different groups of PLWH
Time frame: Five years
Correlation between the Shannon index and the number of comorbidities associated with 0, 3 and 5 years in the different groups of PLWH
Time frame: Five years
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