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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00074399
Date of registration: 11/12/2003
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
Public title: Nevirapine (NVP) Use to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
Scientific title: Nevirapine (NVP) Use to Prevent Maternal-Infant HIV Transmission: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Two Doses of NVP Compared to Six Weeks of NVP for the Prevention of Maternal-Infant HIV Transmission in the Breastfeeding Infant
Date of first enrolment: February 2001
Target sample size: 775
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00074399
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Ethiopia
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- HIV infection, documented on two separate specimens

- Estimated gestational age at enrollment of 32 weeks or more as indicated by last
menstrual cycle and fundal height

- Permanent residency in Addis Ababa

- Plan to deliver at a hospital affliated with the study (Tikur Anbessa Hospital,
Gandhi hospital, or St. Paul's Hospital)

- Hemoglobin >= 7.5 gm/dl within 4 weeks prior to study entry

- Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) < 5 times upper limit of normal within 4
weeks prior to study entry

- Serum creatinine < 1.5 mg/dl within 4 weeks prior to study entry

- Consent form signed by the mother and, when possible, by the father, prior to the
onset of labor



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
HIV Infections
Intervention(s)
Drug: Nevirapine
Drug: Nevirapine placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Infant HIV infection status [Time Frame: At Months 6 and 12]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Infant morbidity rate [Time Frame: Throughout study]
Infant mortality rate [Time Frame: Throughout study]
Secondary ID(s)
5R01AI038576-05
NIGAT Project
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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