Status:

COMPLETED

Extended Infant Post-exposure Prophylaxis With Antiretrovirals to Reduce Postnatal HIV Transmission

Lead Sponsor:

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Collaborating Sponsors:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Conditions:

HIV Infections

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-54 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if extended antiretroviral regimens given to the infant during the first 14 weeks of age would decrease breast milk transmission of HIV.

Detailed Description

This is a three-arm randomized, open label, clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two extended regimens of antiretrovirals compared to infant single dose nevirapine plus AZT given twice dail...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Had given birth within the last 24 hours
  • Ability and willingness to give informed consent for HIV testing and enrollment into the study
  • Willing to receive HIV results
  • HIV infected
  • Planning to deliver or had given birth at the study clinics
  • Willing to come back for follow-up visits for 2 years postnatally
  • Resident of Blantyre city or its suburbs

Exclusion

  • HIV negative
  • Women with discordant HIV results
  • Women who indicate that they will not breastfeed at time of delivery
  • Inability or unwillingness to follow any of the inclusion requirements
  • Newborn with life-threatening condition
  • Women who previously enrolled in this study and have a second pregnancy cannot reenroll

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

3300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00115648

Start Date

April 1 2004

End Date

October 1 2009

Last Update

March 7 2014

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College of Medicine

Blantyre, Malawi, 1331