'HI-4-TU' Study: Health Improvement for Teen Ugandans Study

May 15, 2019 updated by: Johns Hopkins University

Enhanced HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infections and Pregnancy Prevention Study to Improve Adolescent Reproductive Health Services in Uganda

This randomized clinical trial is an adolescent focused implementation science study directed at improved social support and prevention of both HIV/STI's and subsequent unplanned pregnancies. The study population is pregnant adolescents who are attending antenatal care in Kampala, Uganda The acceptability and effectiveness of two enhanced peer lead, reproductive health promotion interventions compared to routine health care will be studied. The study participants will be individually randomized to one of three arms.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The overall goal of this research to test the acceptability and effectiveness of two enhanced adolescent friendly reproductive health prevention interventions versus current routine care. In each intervention group, 152 adolescent mothers will be randomized to either the enhanced group peer support education and counseling intervention or to the enhanced one-to-one (individual) peer support education and counseling group with a young, model, peer educator trained to deliver Reproductive Health Education and counseling messages, beginning during pregnancy (≥ 28 weeks) and followed up to 9 months postpartum or study end at or after 6 months (whichever comes first). The control group will consist of 215 adolescent mothers randomized to routine care as provided at Mulago hospital (or the designated health facility) where midwives deliver group sessions during antenatal and postpartum care visits as well as standard PMTCT services including routine opt-out HIV C&T and availability of partner C&T. Syphilis testing should also be routinely provided and treatment provided for infected pregnant mothers and their partners as per local standard of care.

The 3 groups will be enrolled with study visits at 3, 6 and 9 months post partum however the intervention groups (Arms 2 and 3) will have additional visits at 36 weeks Antepartum, delivery, 6 and 10 weeks postpartum, Quantitative baseline data will be collected on routine demographic characteristics, reproductive history, pregnancy intentions and sexual risk/perceptions and HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infection status.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

486

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

  • Uganda
    • Wakiso DIstrict
      • Kampala, Wakiso DIstrict, Uganda
        • MUJHU Care Ltd

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

15 years to 19 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant at ≥28 weeks of gestation
  • Agreeing to provide written informed consent to be screened for and take part in the study
  • Agreeing to provide adequate locator information with residence within 30 km
  • Agreeing to a home visit
  • Agreeing to come for follow up visits and to receive study follow up phone calls

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Serious illness or social conditions that would prevent adherence to study requirements
  • High risk pregnancy or fetal death in utero (with the exception of risk defined only by maternal age)

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: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Routine Care
Group education/counseling from Antenatal clinic midwives, routine PMTCT, HIV C&T and family planning C&T services on request.
Experimental: Routine Care plus group support
Routine Care plus enhanced group support
Behavioral: enhanced group support
Routine Care plus enhanced group support, and peer education beginning every 4 weeks post enrollment to delivery and at 6 and 10 weeks, 3, 6 and 9 months post delivery.
Experimental: Routine Care plus individual support
Routine Care plus enhanced individual support
Behavioral: enhanced individual support
Routine Care plus individual peer education and support beginning every 4 weeks post enrollment to delivery and at 6 and 10 weeks, 3, 6 and 9 months post delivery.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Composite measure of consistent condom-use and use of an effective family planning method method
Time Frame: A comparison of this binary outcome will be conducted at one year.
A log-binomial regression model will be used to obtain the prevalence rate ratios.
A comparison of this binary outcome will be conducted at one year.
Incidence of any Sexually Transmitted Infection
Time Frame: at one year
Kaplan-Meier survival analysis will be conducted to determine differences in the probability of sexually transmitted infection between study arms.
at one year

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Collaborators

MU-JHU CARE

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Florence Mirembe, MMED, PhD, MU-JHU Care Ltd

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 30, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

December 30, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 20, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 22, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

July 27, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 17, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 15, 2019

Last Verified

May 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB00061475

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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