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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN98818734
ISRCTN98818734
Completed
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The effect of weekly text messaging to improve retention across the PMTCT cascade for pregnant HIV- infected women: a randomized controlled trial

Karolinska Institute (Sweden)0 sites600 target enrollmentDecember 9, 2014

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
Enrollment
600
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

2016 Protocol article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27401475 protocol 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34811384/ (added 24/11/2021) 2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37296174/ (added 12/06/2023)

Registry
who.int
Start Date
December 9, 2014
End Date
December 30, 2017
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
Female

Investigators

Sponsor
Karolinska Institute (Sweden)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Woman aged 18 and above
  • 2\. Evidence of pregnancy as confirmed by urine test
  • 3\. Evidence of HIV infection (confirmed by a rapid test if newly detected and those known to be infected and referred from comprehensive care clinic) whether on ARVs or not
  • 4\. Resident of the PMTCT clinic catchment area (in urban and rural Kenya) and plans to remain residents from recruitment until 20 months after delivery
  • 5\. Willing to be followed\-up from recruitment until 20 months after delivery
  • 6\. Own a mobile phone and/or have a phone in possession at the time of enrollment /or have access to a phone
  • 7\. Able or have someone in close contact that they trust to read and send/respond to a text message in Kiswahili
  • 8\. Willing to receive text messages from the PMTCT clinic
  • 9\. Able and willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • Those not fulfilling the inclusion criteria

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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