What this means
This is a plan to screen older adults with HIV for frailty, a decline in strength and health. The study has not reported any results yet, so it does not show whether the plan works.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 65–74
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- A Pilot Project for PLWH Aged 65-75: Preventing the Development of Frailty
- Trial ID
- NCT07486661 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- observational
- Conditions
- Age Group: 65-74, HIV
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre
- Ages
- 65 Years to 74 Years
- Dates
- First posted Mar 20, 2026 · updated Mar 20, 2026
Registry summary
In ageing populations, the main risk is the development of a syndrome of frailty, characterized by the addition of polymorbidity, polymedication, psychosocial difficulties, cognitive disorders, ... This functional decline is linked to a reduction in the person's functional reserves, and will lead to an increase in health problems, hospitalizations and, ultimately, mortality. People living with HIV (PLWH) over 50 develop the same kind of comorbidities as HIV-uninfected people over 75 years-old.
In Belgium, the care of PLWH\< 75 years with frailty syndrome is not reimbursed by healthcare insurance, and geriatric assessment and management is therefore not possible in this age group, despite the very real need.
Goals of this project are:
- Determine the proportion and characterize the population of PLWH aged 65 and over who screen positive using the Fried scale
- Validate the application of the Fried scale in a population of PLWH
- Offer a care pathway model to prevent the onset of frailty in people screened as at-risk and who do not benefit from routine screening or care pathway reimbursement.
Projets proposal:
- Systematic screening of all PLWH aged 65-74 at the MIA Center, by the nurse prior to physician consultation, using the Fried scale.
- Send all PLWH aged 65-74 who screen positive to Geriatric One Day for an ergo-geriatric consultation to confirm the risk of frailty and set up a preventive care pathway
- After treatment, perform a patient satisfaction questionnaire + a new Fried scale at one year
Sites (1)
- CHU Saint-Pierre, centre MIA, Brussels, Belgium