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Evaluation of the HITSystem to Improve Early Infant Diagnosis Outcomes in Kenya

NCT02072603 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1815

Last updated 2020-07-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the HITSystem in maximizing early infant diagnosis (EID) service utilization for HIV-exposed infants and early antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation for infants diagnosed with HIV.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

HITSystem

Online, automated program designed to overcome current EID barriers by providing efficient prospective tracking of HIV-exposed infants and triggering electronic action "alerts" for both EID providers and lab technicians when time sensitive interventions are overdue for specific infants.

OTHER

Standard of Care

current procedures that follow Kenyan National EID guidelines to diagnose and manage HIV infection among HIV-exposed infants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Sarah Kessler, PhD, MPH

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah F Kessler, PhD, MPH · University of Kansas Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-30
Primary Completion
2018-09-30
Completion
2020-04-30

Countries

  • United States
  • Kenya

Study Locations

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Diseases

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