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Pregnancy in Women With HIV Infection

Conditions
Pregnancy Related
HIV Infections
Interventions
Other: Pregnancy
Registration Number
NCT04350554
Lead Sponsor
Carlos III Health Institute
Brief Summary

Women living with HIV face multiple challenges regarding pregnancy, encompassing not only their intention to procreate, but also difficulties during the course of pregnancy.

Compared to HIV-negative controls, HIV-infected women have a higher risk of pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, or preterm labor. In addition, the treatment of HIV among pregnant women entails specific difficulties, such as changes in bioavailability of antiretroviral drugs, or the concern about the association of certain antiretrovirals with adverse pregnancy outcomes.

There is very little evidence about pregnancy among women living with HIV in Spain. Very few studies have been published, performed in single centers or in small cohorts with a limited number of patients. The Cohort of the Spanish AIDS Research Network (CoRIS) offers a unique setting to answer questions that are unlikely to be answered by a single study.

The aims of this study are (i) to describe the incidence of pregnancies and their temporal trends from 2004 to 2019, (ii) o describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of women who become pregnant, (iii) to assess the diagnostic delay among women diagnosed with HIV infection after becoming pregnant, (iv) to investigate the clinical course during pregnancy and its predictive factors, (v) to describe the antiretroviral treatment administered to pregnant women, (vi) to describe clinical outcomes after pregnancy, (vii) to describe the outcome of the conception in terms of interrupted pregnancies, spontaneous abortions, term pregnancies, type of delivery (vaginal or caesarean section) and HIV infection of the newborn, and (vii) to evaluate attitudes towards pregnancy (ie. planned pregnancy) and social support among women who become pregnant during the year 2020.

Study population will be women from the cohort of the Spanish AIDS Research Network (CoRIS) who have become pregnant in the period 2004-2010.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
160
Inclusion Criteria
  • HIV-positive women recruited in CoRIS
  • Became pregnant from January 2004 to November 2019
  • or become pregnant during the year 2020 and agree to participate in a telephone survey
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Retrospective pregnanciesPregnancyWomen recruited in CoRIS from January 2004 to November 2019 and who became pregnant during this period.
Prospective pregnanciesPregnancyWomen recruited in CoRIS from January 2004 to November 2019 who will become pregnant during the year 2020 and who agree to participate in a telephone survey.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Type of delivery2004 to 2019

Proportion of vaginal deliveries

Antiretroviral treatment (ART) administered to pregnant women2004 to 2019

Distribution of ART regimens administered to women at pregnancy

Clinical course during pregnancy2004 to 2019

Proportion of women with undetectable viral load at week 36 of pregnancy

Incidence of pregnanciesFrom 2004 to 2019
Epidemiological characteristics of women who become pregnant2004 to 2019

Proportion of diagnostic delay among women diagnosed with HIV infection after becoming pregnant

Follow-up after pregnancy2004 to 2019

Rate of lost-to-follow-up during the first year after pregnancy termination

Clinical outcomes after pregnancy2004 to 2019

Proportion of women with undetectable viral load 6 months after pregnancy termination

Term pregnancies2004 to 2019

Proportion of term pregnancies

Opportunistic infections during pregnancy2004 to 2019

Incidence of opportunistic infections throughout pregnancy

Persistence of Antiretroviral treatment (ART) during pregnancy2004 to 2019

Time from ART initition to treatment change during pregnancy

Outcome of the conception2004 to 2019

Proportion of interrupted pregnancies, spontaneous abortions and term pregnancies

Attitudes towards pregnancyPregnancies during the year 2020

Proportion of unintended pregnancies (unplanned or unwanted at the time of conception)

HIV infection of the newborn2004 to 2019

Proportion of newborns with HIV infections

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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