Trial no.:
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PACTR202007654729602 |
Date of Approval:
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22/07/2020 |
Trial Status:
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Retrospective registration - This trial was registered after enrolment of the first participant |
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TRIAL DESCRIPTION |
Public title
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Use of mobile phones as a strategy to improve compliance to medication and attendance of clinic for HIV-exposed infants |
Official scientific title |
Efficacy Of Mobile Phone Use On Adherence To Nevirapine Prophylaxis And Retention In Care Among The HIV-Exposed Infants In Prevention Of Mother To Child Transmission Of HIV: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
Brief summary describing the background
and objectives of the trial
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HIV is a major contributor to infant mortality. A significant gap remains between the uptake of infant and maternal antiretroviral regimens and only a minority of HIV-exposed infants receives prophylaxis and safe infant feeding. Losses to follow-up of HIV-exposed infants are associated with shortcomings of facility-based PMTCT models with weak community support of linkages. Use of mobile phones offers an opportunity to improving care and promoting retention for the mother-baby pairs and achievement of an HIV-free generation.
Objectives: To compare self-reported adherence to infant Nevirapine (NVP) prophylaxis and retention in care over ten weeks in HIV exposed infants randomized to 2-weekly mobile phone calls (intervention) versus no phone calls (control).
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Type of trial |
RCT |
Acronym (If the trial has an acronym then please provide) |
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Disease(s) or condition(s) being studied |
Infections and Infestations,Paediatrics |
Sub-Disease(s) or condition(s) being studied |
HIV/AIDS |
Purpose of the trial |
Prevention |
Anticipated trial start date |
19/09/2013 |
Actual trial start date |
19/09/2013 |
Anticipated date of last follow up |
31/01/2014 |
Actual Last follow-up date |
31/01/2014 |
Anticipated target sample size (number of participants) |
150 |
Actual target sample size (number of participants) |
150 |
Recruitment status |
Completed |
Publication URL |
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QTelUzsN_0b7ncFqlKeSFUWHUBl4dKyg/view?usp=sharing |
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