Intervention of immune 1 combined HAART on immune function in patients with HIV/AIDS reconstruction / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the effect of combination of Immune 1 and HAART on the CD4+ T cell count and its immune reconstitution rate.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Two hundred and twenty eight HIV/AIDS patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group, patients from treatment group received Immune 1 combined HAART therapy, patients from control group was given placebo combined HAART and evaluate the change of CD4+ T cell count and its immune reconstitution rate.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>In patients with CD4+ T cells baseline level (200-350 cell x microL(-1)), Immune reconstitution rate of treatment group is significantly higher than the control group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Immune 1 combined HAART can effectively promote the immune reconstitution of patients with high CD4+ T cells baseline level(200-350 cell x microL(-1)) and show little side effect and is safe to treat HIV/AIDS disease.</p>