C.6. Drastic Increase of CD4 Cell Counts by CHAM3 Therapy in HIV Infected Patients

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A. CAPRANI**, B. MIRAMOR*, J. AVICENNE**, A. RICHERT**, E. RITA DE LIMA TEIXEIRA
* Caixa Postal 1394, Salvador Bahia (Brazil) CEP 40001 - 970,+ Policlinica Santa Paula, 2717 Av. Presidente Vargas - Ondina, Salvador Bahia (Brazil)
** Association "Positifs" BP 230 75865 Paris Cedex 18 (France)

OBJECTIVE

To test the efficiency of an herbal preparation of a mixture of 3 brazilian plants (CHAM3) on HIV+ patients.

METHOD

Open trial (trial duration 9.23 months)
12 brazilian HIV patients (5 ARC and 7AIDS)
1992 - 1995
posology: 100 ml 3 times a day of CHAM3 solution (about 1g/l of plant extract)

RESULTS

Drastic improvement of clinical and biological parameters for all patients
No opportunistic infection
No side effects


parameter	before therapy (mean+/-SD)	after therapy (mean+/-SD)	significancy
p value Hb (g/l)	12.38+/-2.13	12.58+/-2.05	0.97
Leucocytes/mm3	5080+/-2061	4801+/-2270	0.75
Lymphocytes/mm3	1585+/-852	1811+/-885	0.31
Lymphocytes %	3 2.35+/-13.9	39.33+/-12.8	0.071
CD4 Lymphocytes/mm3	207+/-186	460+/-207	0.0025
CD4 Lymphocytes %	12,68 +/-7,65	22,47+/-6,74	0,01
CD8 Lymphocytes/mm3	853+/-373	960+/-731	0.72
CD8 Lymphocytes %	54.1+/-8.2 4	65+/-11.8	0.07
Monocytes/mm3	341+/-198	225+/-118	0.15


patients	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
cd4/mm3 before	19	45	49	68	93	108	144	274	288	385	396	620
cd4/mm3 after.	554	200	422	289	322	452	243	960	425	635	435	582

CONCLUSION

Cham3 appears to be an efficient agent in HIV infected brazilians patients, particularly in the more depressed ones. A similar investigation is in progress in Europe, in order to confirm or infirm these results.

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