NCT02626351 (MONARCH) is a NA clinical trial of Quality Improvement in Pregnancy, sponsored by University of KwaZulu.

Who is sponsoring NCT02626351?

NCT02626351 is sponsored by University of KwaZulu.

What drugs are being tested in NCT02626351?

Interventions in NCT02626351: Quality Improvement, Baseline data collection (active comparator).

What condition does NCT02626351 study?

NCT02626351 studies Pregnancy, HIV.

Is NCT02626351 still recruiting?

NCT02626351 is currently completed. Last updated 17 August 2017.

Last reviewed 2017-08-17 · How we verify

NCT02626351: MONARCH

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Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Management and Optimization of Nutrition, Antenatal, Reproductive, Child Health & HIV Care

Completed NA Last updated 17 August 2017

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Quality Improvement in Pregnancy in 3,172 participants. Completed in 30 January 2017.

Timeline

15 July 2015

Primary endpoint
26 January 2017

30 January 2017

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of KwaZulu
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	single group
Masking	single
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	3,172
Start date	15 July 2015
Primary completion	26 January 2017
Estimated completion	30 January 2017
Sites	1 location across South Africa

Drugs / interventions tested

Quality Improvement
Baseline data collection (active comparator)

Conditions studied

Pregnancy — all drugs for Pregnancy →
HIV — all drugs for HIV →

Sponsor

University of KwaZulu

Who can join

Adults 18 to 50, female only, with Pregnancy or HIV. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study evaluates the impact of a quality improvement (QI) intervention on maternal and child healthcare services in seven primary healthcare (PHC) clinics, in a rural setting of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Publications & conference data

4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

The impact of continuous quality improvement on coverage of antenatal HIV care tests in rural South Africa: Results of a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled implementation trial.
Yapa HM, De Neve JW, Chetty T, Herbst C, et al · · 2020 · cited 16× · PMID 33027246 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003150
A Continuous Quality Improvement Intervention to Improve Antenatal HIV Care Testing in Rural South Africa: Evaluation of Implementation in a Real-World Setting.
Yapa HM, Dhlomo-Mphatswe W, Moshabela M, De Neve JW, et al · · 2022 · cited 10× · PMID 33131222 · DOI 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.178
The MONARCH intervention to enhance the quality of antenatal and postnatal primary health services in rural South Africa: protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial.
Chetty T, Yapa HMN, Herbst C, Geldsetzer P, et al · · 2018 · cited 7× · PMID 30089485 · DOI 10.1186/s12913-018-3404-3
Infant feeding knowledge and practice vary by maternal HIV status: a nested cohort study in rural South Africa.
Yapa HM, Drayne R, Klein N, De Neve JW, et al · · 2020 · cited 2× · PMID 32873311 · DOI 10.1186/s13006-020-00317-5

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02626351 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of KwaZulu
Last refreshed: 17 August 2017

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