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Last refreshed on: 22 March 2021
Main ID:  NCT03477279
Date of registration: 19/03/2018
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Public title: Developing and Assessing a Male Engagement Intervention in Option B+ in Malawi
Scientific title: Developing and Assessing a Male Engagement Intervention in Option B+ in Malawi: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Lilongwe
Date of first enrolment: September 25, 2017
Target sample size: 1116
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03477279
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Health Services Research. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Malawi
Contacts
Name:     Nora E Rosenberg, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria (HIV-infected Women):

- HIV-infected and eligible for Option B+

- >18 years old or 15-17 years old and married

- Planning to remain in the Bwaila catchment area for the next year or notify the study
team if they leave the area or change facilities

- Part of a heterosexual relationship for >3 months

- Expects the partner to be in the relevant catchment area for at least one week in
the next six months.

- Able and willing to give locator information for this partner

- Willing to have study staff conduct phone and physical tracing of that partner

- Willing to undergo a couple-based intervention with this partner

- Able and willing to provide informed consent

Inclusion Criteria (Male Partners of HIV-infected women)

- >18 years old or 15-17 years old and married

- In a relationship with the female partner for >3 months

- Willing to undergo a couples-based intervention with their female partner

- Able and willing to provide informed consent

Inclusion Criteria (HIV-uninfected Women):

- HIV-uninfected

- >18 years old or 15-17 years old and married

- Part of a heterosexual relationship for >3 months

- Expects the partner to be in the relevant catchment area for at least one week in
the next six months.

- Willing to receive couples-based HIV testing and counseling with this partner

- Able and willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria (all Women and Male Partners):

• Any condition that in the opinion of the study investigator would compromise the ability
of the prospective participant to provide informed consent, undergo study procedures
safely, or would prevent proper conduct of the study.



Age minimum: 15 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hiv
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Enhanced Couple HIV Testing and Counseling
Primary Outcome(s)
Male prevention [Time Frame: One year]
Male viral suppression [Time Frame: One year from female enrollment]
Female viral suppression [Time Frame: One year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
HIV-free infant survival [Time Frame: At the time of early infant diagnosis (approximately 6 weeks after birth)]
Predictors of recent HIV infection [Time Frame: Baseline]
Secondary ID(s)
17-0681
R00MH104154
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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