NCT06394323Completed
Supporting Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Decision Making Among Pregnant Women in Lilongwe, Malawi
UNCPM 22323 - Supporting Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Decision Making Among Pregnant Women in Lilongwe, Malawi: a Pilot Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Purpose: The overall objective of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of a shared decision-making (SDM) intervention to support personally appropriate decision making about PrEP use during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Participants: The primary population to be recruited for this study is HIV-negative pregnant women. For qualitative data collection only, investigators will also recruit male partners of these participants, and PrEP counselors and health care workers. 100 HIV-negative pregnant women will be recruited to participate in the pilot study. A subset of these participants will participate in qualitative interviews. Up to 20 male partners and up to 15 study staff will be recruited to participate in qualitative in-depth interviews. Procedures (methods): 100 women will be randomized to receive either the SDM intervention addressing daily oral PrEP and alternative HIV prevention methods (condoms), or standard of care counselling addressing the same prevention methods. Investigators will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of the intervention and associated study procedures. Women expressing interest in oral PrEP will be referred to government PrEP services.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 132 (actual)
- First submitted
- 26 Apr 2024
- Start date
- 6 Aug 2024
- Primary completion date
- 7 Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT06394323
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 132
- From 6 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 7 Feb 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Positive HIV test at time of screening
- No identified HIV risk factors per national PrEP guidelines
Age
- Age 18 or older
Other
- Risk for intimate partner violence or social harms as a result of participation, in the judgement of the study personnel
- Investigators will also conduct interviews with male partners and study staff to assess exploratory qualitative outcomes. All study staff will be eligible to participate in an interview. Male partners will be eligible to participate if they meet the following criteria:
- Referred by a study participant as her romantic partner
- Able and willing to provide informed consent
Who the study is looking for
- Age 18 or older
- Documented pregnancy by urine pregnancy test or physical exam
- Documented negative HIV status within the past three months
- Identified factor(s) for elevated risk for HIV acquisition per PrEP national eligibility guidelines
- Willingness to remain in the study site's catchment area over the course of study follow-up and to comply with visit schedule
- Ability and willingness to provide informed consent
Criteria the registry did not label
- The criteria for pregnant women participants is as follows:
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwaila Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lilongwe | Malawi | Unknown status |
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