Experimental Design of Couple Counseling and Testing in Antenatal Clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (CVCT)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00631384 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: March 7, 2008
Last Update Posted
: April 20, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Infections | Behavioral: Couples VCT Behavioral: Individual VCT | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1521 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Health Services Research |
Official Title: | Experimental Design of Couple Counseling and Testing in Antenatal Clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Study Start Date : | March 2003 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 2004 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 2004 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1
Women to be asked to bring husbands for couple VCT
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Behavioral: Couples VCT
Offer women coming to antenatal clinics to have their husbands come with them for couples VCT
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Active Comparator: 2
Women to receive individual VCT
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Behavioral: Individual VCT
Women to receive individual VCT
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- HIV Testing and receiving results [ Time Frame: within one month of initial visit to ANC ]
- use of nevirapine [ Time Frame: 3 months after testing ]
- use of protection at time of sexual intercourse [ Time Frame: 3 months after HIV test ]
- domestic violence [ Time Frame: 3 months after HIV test ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 50 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Up to 6 months of pregnancy
- Currently married or in cohabiting union for 2+ years and co-resident with husband
Exclusion Criteria:
- In polygamous marriage
- 7 or more months pregnant

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00631384
Tanzania | |
Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences | |
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Responsible Party: | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00631384 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
H.32.02.05.29 |
First Posted: | March 7, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 20, 2018 |
Last Verified: | April 2018 |
Keywords provided by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health:
Voluntary Counseling and Testing HIV HIV seronegativity |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases |