Integration of HIV Care and Treatment Into Antenatal Care in Migori District, Kenya
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00931216 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: July 2, 2009
Last Update Posted
: April 10, 2012
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Infections | Procedure: Integrated ANC, PMTCT, HIV services | Not Applicable |
This study uses a prospective cluster randomized design. Twelve clinics similar in size, population, and services in Migori district, Kenya that provide ANC have been randomly assigned to receive "integrated ANC, PMTCT & HIV services" (intervention arm) or "non-integrated services" (control arm). At the intervention clinics, pregnant women will receive ANC, PMTCT and HIV care and treatment (including HAART if required) at the same clinic visit from the ANC provider. At the control clinics, women will receive antenatal care and PMTCT services with referral to the HIV care and treatment department located in the same facility. The control sites more closely resemble the current approach followed for care and treatment of HIV-infected pregnant women in Kenya. The content of ANC, PMTCT, and HIV care will be the same in the two study arms and will follow current Kenyan national guidelines. The only difference between the two arms will be the provider/location of HIV care and treatment.
Outcomes will be compared for HIV-positive pregnant women who attend intervention versus control facilities. In addition we will conduct qualitative research with health care providers at the study health facilities in order to learn provider perspectives on the two service models and to explore the effects of integration on provider job satisfaction (including work load).
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1172 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Health Services Research |
Official Title: | Integration of HIV Care and Treatment Into Antenatal Care in Migori District, Kenya |
Study Start Date : | June 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Integrated ANC, PMTCT and HIV Services
HIV care and treatment services are integrated into antenatal care (ANC) services for women testing positive within the ANC at this facility.
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Procedure: Integrated ANC, PMTCT, HIV services
Of the 12 study clinics, 6 will be randomized to receive the intervention. At these 6 facilities, health care providers within the ANC department will be trained to also provide HIV/PMTCT care. Women testing positive within ANC clinics at integrated facilities will receive ANC, PMTCT and HIV services within the same visit/same service provider rather than being referred for HIV care and treatment.
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No Intervention: Non-Integrated Services
Women testing positive in the ANC department are referred for care at the HIV clinic. HIV care and treatment services are not provided within the ANC at facilities randomized to this arm.
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- Vertical transmission of HIV [ Time Frame: 3 months postpartum ]
- Maternal HIV treatment outcomes [ Time Frame: 6 months, 1 year ]
- Provider job satisfaction [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Infant HIV testing uptake [ Time Frame: 3 months postpartum ]
- Patient enrollment, retention and adherence in HIV care and treatment [ Time Frame: 6 months, 1 year ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
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FOR SITE INCLUSION:
- Each site must provide ANC services
- Each site must provide HIV testing services for pregnant women
- Each site must have an average of at least 20 new ANC clients per month
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FOR ENROLLMENT OF HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN:
- All women testing HIV-positive at one of the 12 ANC clinics included in the study will be asked to participate in the study
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FOR HEALTH PROVIDER INCLUSION IN INTERVIEWS:
- Health care staff must work within the ANC clinic at selected facilities
- Staff must be able to read and speak English well enough to complete the informed consent process, participate in a one-on-one in-depth interview in English and complete a brief self-administered questionnaire
Exclusion Criteria:
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FOR SITE EXCLUSION:
- If all of inclusion criteria are not met the site will be excluded
- If site is already providing integrated ANC/HIV care services
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FOR HEALTH PROVIDER INCLUSION IN INTERVIEWS:
- If all of inclusion criteria are not met the site will be excluded

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00931216
Kenya | |
Migori District Hospital | |
Migori, Kenya |
Principal Investigator: | Craig R Cohen, MD, MPH | University of California, San Francisco | |
Study Director: | Janet M Turan, PhD, MPH | University of California, San Francisco | |
Principal Investigator: | Elizabeth A Bukusi, MBChB, PhD | Kenya Medical Research Institute |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Craig Cohen, Professor, University of California, San Francisco |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00931216 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
KE.07.0055 |
First Posted: | July 2, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 10, 2012 |
Last Verified: | April 2012 |
Keywords provided by Craig Cohen, University of California, San Francisco:
PMTCT Vertical transmission of HIV Pregnant women |
Infant HIV testing Kenya AIDS |
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 |