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HIV Vertical Transmission in Vietnam

NCT00669604 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 135

Last updated 2008-04-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Prevention of HIV-1 transmission from mother-to-child by non-breast-feeding is complicated by increased infant mortality in developing countries. However, extensive counselling about formula feeding turned out safe in Vietnam, a middle-income country.Extensive counselling together with formula feeding and antiretroviral therapy reduced vertical transmission of HIV-1 considerably.

Conditions

  • HIV Infections

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Karolinska Institutet

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Vietnam

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Phung D Cam, MD,PhD · National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Vietnam

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • Vietnam

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