Home-Based Versus Partner-Friendly Clinic Testing to Enhance Male Partner HIV-1 Testing During Pregnancy

August 27, 2013 updated by: Alfred Osoti MBChB MMed, University of Washington

Home-Based Versus Partner-Friendly Clinic Testing to Enhance Male Partner HIV-1 Testing During Pregnancy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

The investigators hypothesize that home based HIV counseling and testing can increase male partner uptake of HIV testing during pregnancy.

The investigators study aims through a randomized clinical trial to determine whether a home-based model (HBM) versus a partner-friendly clinic model (PFM) can increase male uptake of HIV counseling and testing during pregnancy.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

488

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Nyanza
      • Kisumu, Nyanza, Kenya, 254
        • Ahero Sub-District Hospital, Nyando, Kenya
      • Kisumu, Nyanza, Kenya, 254
        • Ahero Sub-District Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant women and their male partners

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Non-pregnant, minors, inability to live in study area for 6 weeks

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Partner friendly arm
Proportion of males counseled and tested using routine standards of prenatal care
Male partner HIV counseling and testing
Experimental: Home based arm
Proportion of male partners accepting HIV counseling and testing following home visits for couple HIV counseling and testing during pregnancy
Male partner HIV counseling and testing

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Male Partners Counseled and Tested for HIV During Pregnancy
Time Frame: 6 weeks
To determine male partner acceptability of counseling and testing within a six week period following the counseling and testing of the pregnant woman.
6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Alfred O Osoti, MBChB MMed, University of Washington

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 12, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 14, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

June 15, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 28, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 27, 2013

Last Verified

August 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 42561

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