Objective: To evaluate the effect on anthropometric, metabolic and adipose tissue parameters of switching ART-controlled persons living with HIV (PLWH) from a proteaseinhibitor regimen to raltegravir/maraviroc. Design: Substudy of ROCnRAL-ANRS157 with investigation of subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SCAT) biopsy at inclusion and study end.Methods: We performed lipoaspiration of paired SCAT samples, histology on fresh/fixed samples and examined the transcriptomic profile analyzed using Illumina microarrays after RNA extraction. Statistical analyses used Wilcoxon-paired test.Results: The patients (n=8) were mainly male (7/8), aged (mean±SEM) 54.9±1.2 years, BMI 26.1±1.2 kg/m 2 , CD4: 699±56 cells/mm 3 , all viral load (VL)<50 copies/mL. After a follow-up of 6±0.5 months, all PLWH remained with VL<50 copies/mL. BMI, trunk and limb fat amounts were unchanged yet systemic insulin resistance increased. Adipose tissue histology was unchanged except for borderline increased adipocyte diameter (P=0.1). Amongst the 16,094 RNA transcripts, 458 genes were up-regulated and 244 down-regulated. Analyses of the KEGG and GO databases, evaluating modifications in the main functional pathways, revealed that genes related to immune recognition/function were less expressed as were genes encoding T-cell receptor and receptor signaling pathways. The gene expression profiles indicated decreased inflammation but genes involved in adipogenesis and insulin resistance were overexpressed.Conclusion: After 6 months of raltegravir/maraviroc, adipogenesis-related gene profile was enhanced in SCAT, in agreement with a tendency for increased adipocyte size.Enhanced SCAT insulin resistance-related profile was concordant with higher systemic insulin resistance. However, immune activation/inflammation profile was globally lowered. We propose that raltegravir/maraviroc might favor SCAT gain but reduce inflammation/immune activation.