BACKGROUND: The accurate measurement of total body and subcutaneous fat is essential if therapeutic interventions, aimed at preventing or reversing lipodystrophy syndrome, are to be adequately assessed. The aim of this study was to investigate the variability of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans analysis performed at local sites compared to central analysis in a multicenter clinical trial. METHOD: The PIILR study was a multicenter randomized clinical trial in which 80 HIV-infected patients with physician-documented lipodystrophy had serial measurements of body composition performed with Lunar DEXA scans. Scans were analyzed at local sites and then were reanalyzed centrally. RESULTS:DEXA scans from 73 patients who completed 24 weeks study were compared. Greater variation in the locally analyzed results than in the centrally reanalyzed data was noted, with arm, leg, and combined limb fat being most divergent between the local and centralized assessments (ratio of local to central standard deviation was 1.28, 1.31, and 1.35, respectively). The magnitude of this variance was enough to alter statistically relevant differences between study populations. CONCLUSION: Quality assurance is an important issue in the use of DEXA scans to determine body fat composition in multicenter research studies. A central quality assurance site should be incorporated to reduce variability in results.
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BACKGROUND: The accurate measurement of total body and subcutaneous fat is essential if therapeutic interventions, aimed at preventing or reversing lipodystrophy syndrome, are to be adequately assessed. The aim of this study was to investigate the variability of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans analysis performed at local sites compared to central analysis in a multicenter clinical trial. METHOD: The PIILR study was a multicenter randomized clinical trial in which 80 HIV-infectedpatients with physician-documented lipodystrophy had serial measurements of body composition performed with Lunar DEXA scans. Scans were analyzed at local sites and then were reanalyzed centrally. RESULTS: DEXA scans from 73 patients who completed 24 weeks study were compared. Greater variation in the locally analyzed results than in the centrally reanalyzed data was noted, with arm, leg, and combined limb fat being most divergent between the local and centralized assessments (ratio of local to central standard deviation was 1.28, 1.31, and 1.35, respectively). The magnitude of this variance was enough to alter statistically relevant differences between study populations. CONCLUSION: Quality assurance is an important issue in the use of DEXA scans to determine body fat composition in multicenter research studies. A central quality assurance site should be incorporated to reduce variability in results.
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