Status:
UNKNOWN
Effects of Facility-based Mother Support Groups on Prevention of mother-to Child Transmission Outcomes in Zimbabwe
Lead Sponsor:
Family AIDS Caring Trust
Collaborating Sponsors:
World Health Organization
Canadian International Development Agency
Conditions:
HIV Infection
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators hypothesize that a strategy of establishing facility-based mother support groups (MSGs) for HIV-positive mothers will result in increased retention rates of HIV-exposed infants in cl...
Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To test whether MSGs lead to increased retention of HIV-exposed infants in PMTCT programmes SECONDARY OBJECTIVES 1. To assess whether MSGs lead to increased retention of mothers in...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Pregnant mothers
- with documented HIV-1 infection attending an antenatal clinic for the current pregnancy
- Aged 18 years of age or greater
- Attending the clinic with no known intention at the time of enrolment to permanently migrate outside the catchment area of the clinic for the duration of the study follow-up period
- Estimated gestational age of 34 weeks or less at time of enrolment
- Willing to have her infant, when born, participate in the study.
- Able and willing to give informed consent to participate
Exclusion
- Pregnant mothers with no documented HIV infection
- Under 18 years of age
- Not able or willing to give informed consent to participate
- Estimated gestational age of over 34 weeks when considered for possible enrolment
- Not residing in catchment area of clinic
- Planning to relocate out of the catchment area of the clinic for the duration of study follow-up period or longer
- Any condition that in the opinion of the investigators would interfere with adherence to study requirements. Such conditions include mental illness or active drug or alcohol use or dependence.
- Unwilling for her infant, when born, to participate in the infant component of the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
300 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02216734
Start Date
July 1 2014
End Date
December 1 2016
Last Update
August 15 2014
Active Locations (2)
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Family AIDS Caring Trust
Mutare, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe
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Family AIDS Caring Trust
Mutare, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe