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Trial no.: PACTR202007654729602 Date of Registration: 22/07/2020
Trial Status: Retrospective registration - This trial was registered after enrolment of the first participant
TRIAL DESCRIPTION
Public title 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 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).
Type of trial RCT
Acronym (If the trial has an acronym then please provide)
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
Secondary Ids Issuing authority/Trial register
STUDY DESIGN
Intervention assignment Allocation to intervention If randomised, describe how the allocation sequence was generated Describe how the allocation sequence/code was concealed from the person allocating the participants to the intervention arms Masking If masking / blinding was used
Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study Randomised Simple randomization using a randomization table created by a computer software program Sealed opaque envelopes Open-label(Masking Not Used)
INTERVENTIONS
Intervention type Intervention name Dose Duration Intervention description Group size Nature of control
Experimental Group Phone calls Every two weeks For ten weeks Every two weeks on a Monday morning, the researcher called each subject in the intervention arm every until the infant was 10 weeks old. Each call was aimed at reminding them and reinforcing key Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) messages (Nevirapine prophylaxis, exclusive breastfeeding of the HIV-exposed infants, early infant diagnosis, scheduled immunizations) as well as ascertainment of their overall health. 75
Control Group Standard of care Ten weeks Participants randomized to the control arm received their usual standard of care (SOC) clinic support but were not called by the researcher. They were however free to call the researcher at any time of their own initiative. 75 Placebo
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
List inclusion criteria List exclusion criteria Age Category Minimum age Maximum age Gender
-18 years and older, - had a live birth, - owned a mobile phone on which they could receive calls, - willing to stay in the study area for at least 3 months after delivery and - knew that they were HIV infected. - younger than 18 years of age - no access to mobile phone Adult: 19 Year-44 Year,Infant: 0 Month(s)-12 Month(s) 0 Day(s) 45 Year(s) Both
ETHICS APPROVAL
Has the study received appropriate ethics committee approval Date the study will be submitted for approval Date of approval Name of the ethics committee
Yes 13/08/2013 Kenyatta National Hospital University of Nairobi Ethics and research Committee
Ethics Committee Address
Street address City Postal code Country
P.O.Box. 19676 Nairobi 00202 Kenya
OUTCOMES
Type of outcome Outcome Timepoint(s) at which outcome measured
Primary Outcome Adherence to Nevirapine prophylaxis and retention in care Six and Ten weeks, respectively
Secondary Outcome Early infant diagnosis and infant feeding Six and Ten weeks, respectively
RECRUITMENT CENTRES
Name of recruitment centre Street address City Postal code Country
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital Off Kakamega Road Kisumu 40100 Kenya
Kisumu East District Hospital Off Angawa Avenue. P. O. Box. 1818 Kisumu 40100 Kenya
FUNDING SOURCES
Name of source Street address City Postal code Country
Astrazeneca MEA I Sub Saharan Africa Avenue 5 Building, Rose Avenue, Kilimani. P. O. Box 10107 Nairobi 00100 Kenya
SPONSORS
Sponsor level Name Street address City Postal code Country Nature of sponsor
Primary Sponsor Astrazeneca MEA I Sub Saharan Africa Avenue 5 Building, Rose Avenue. P.O. Box.10107, Kilimani Nairobi 00100 Kenya Commercial Sector/Industry
COLLABORATORS
Name Street address City Postal code Country
CONTACT PEOPLE
Role Name Email Phone Street address
Principal Investigator Lilian Kebaya lilliankebaya@gmail.com +15197021054 860 Commissioners Road East
City Postal code Country Position/Affiliation
London Canada Fellow
Role Name Email Phone Street address
Public Enquiries Dalton Wamalwa dalton@africaonline.co.ke +254721239493 P. O. Box. 19676
City Postal code Country Position/Affiliation
Nairobi 00100 Kenya Chair of Department of Paediatrics University of Nairobi
Role Name Email Phone Street address
Scientific Enquiries Ruth Nduati ruth_nduati2000@yahoo.com +254722235323 P. O. Box. 19676
City Postal code Country Position/Affiliation
nairobi 00100 Kenya Professor of Paediatrics
REPORTING
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No
URL Results Available Results Summary Result Posting Date First Journal Publication Date
Yes At 6 weeks follow-up, 90.7% (n = 68) of participants receiving phone calls reported adherence to infant Nevirapine prophylaxis, compared with 72% (n = 54) of participants in the control group (p = 0.005). Participants in the intervention arm were also significantly more likely to remain in care than participants in the control group [78.7% (n = 59) vs. 58.7% (n = 44), p = 0.009 at 6 weeks and 69.3% (n = 52) vs. 37.3% (n = 28), p < 0.001 at 10 weeks]. 16/07/2020 16/07/2020
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Result URL Hyperlinks Link To Protocol
Result URL Hyperlinks https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oxVzj7JwQnKuTiN2px9Zu7LwX0iqKWxU/view?usp=sharing
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