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tshembo (Hope) Trial

Phase 2
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Registration Number
PACTR202201638897606
Lead Sponsor
Wits Health Consortium University of the Witwatersrand
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
1248
Inclusion Criteria

Adolescent girls and young women who are underweight (defined as BMI < 9th percentile for age by the WHO 2007 international reference) (BMI > 91st percentile)
-overweight/obese (defined as BMI > 91st percentile for age by the WHO 2007 international reference)
-Adolescent girls and young women aged 14-19 years
-HIV negative
-in school grades 8-11
-Adolescent girls and young women who are nulliparous
- Presence of a primary female caregiver of the index adolescent participant resident in the same household

Exclusion Criteria

-Girls with Type-1 diabetes
-Previously identified severe intellectual disability
-Evidence of severe depression based on a PHQ9 score of 20 and above (PHQ9 is used extensively in South Africa to monitor the severity of depression)
-Adolescents screened HIV positive (However, they will be invited to participate in a sub-study and receive the intervention arm components, to provide important formative insights on a special population).

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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