Feasibility and Pilot Efficacy of Flash-heated Breast Milk to Reduce Maternal-to-Child-Transmission of HIV in Tanzania

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV Infections

In brief

This study will investigate the feasibility of HIV positive mothers in Tanzania to correctly use the Flash-heat method to pasteurize their breast milk and for how long they are able to do so. The patients will be followed in this study for up to 3 months of Flash-heating their milk. Flash-heated breast milk could be a potential method to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The investigators will also collect infant health data to pilot a future efficacy trial. The investigators hypothesize that with enhanced home-based infant feeding counseling, mothers will be capable of Flash-heating their breast milk.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00523510

Run by

University of California, Davis

People needed

144

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2009-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-02-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women over the age of 18, with permanent local residence
• 1-2 months post-partum
• Breastfeeding
• HIV-negative or unknown in 1:3 ratio with HIV-positive
• If HIV positive: having CD4+ > 200, not currently on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)

You may not qualify if…

• Males, females under the age of 18
• Women not 1-2 most postpartum
• Women not breastfeeding
• Women with HIV and CD4+ < 200 OR on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART); And
• Women without permanent local residence

Where it is running

• University of California Davis Medical Center — Sacramento, California, United States

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