Effects of pharmacological doses of nandrolone decanoate and progressive resistance training in immunodeficient patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

Studied

An open-label randomized study compared nandrolone alone with nandrolone plus supervised resistance training for 12 weeks.

Who / model

Thirty men with HIV and reduced immune-cell counts participated. There was no placebo group.

Studied dose & schedule

Dose and schedule have not yet been extracted for this summary.

Found

Lean mass increased 3.9 kg with nandrolone alone and 5.2 kg with added training. Strength gains were greater with training. Body-cell mass and measured thigh-muscle areas increased in both groups without significant between-group differences for those measures.

Limits

The study was explicitly open-label and lacked a placebo comparison, limiting attribution of within-group changes to nandrolone. The abstract does not report adverse-event results; these findings do not establish safety.

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