Status:

COMPLETED

Impact of Point-of-Care EID for HIV-Exposed Infants

Lead Sponsor:

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Collaborating Sponsors:

UNITAID

Conditions:

HIV/AIDS

Infant Morbidity

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This mixed methods study will utilize a randomized step-wedge design to assess the impact of point-of-care (POC) versus conventional early infant diagnosis (EID) on key outcomes including timely retur...

Detailed Description

This study seeks to evaluate the impact of point of care (POC) early infant HIV diagnosis (EID) on turn-around time from sample collection until notification of parents/caregivers of test result, link...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Any infant who receives an EID test, either conventional or POC, for the 4-6 week EID indication at one of the study sites (which were randomly selected from project sites in country)
  • HEI under 12 weeks of age or their parents/caregivers
  • Some methods will only include HEI who test positive (medical chart extraction and longitudinal follow up)
  • Purposively selected caregivers of HEI for in-depth interviews
  • Focus groups with community members will not require participants to have sought testing for EID

Exclusion

  • Participants not at selected study sites
  • For some methods (medical chart extraction and longitudinal follow-up), HEI who test negative
  • For qualitative component, excluded if unable to consent due to age, competence, or inability to speak any of the study languages

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 31 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

9539 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03824067

Start Date

August 1 2017

End Date

October 31 2019

Last Update

February 5 2021

Active Locations (2)

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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Nairobi, Kenya

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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Harare, Zimbabwe