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NCT05219552

Healthy Mothers: an Intervention to Support Perinatal Women Living With HIV in Kenya

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 14 August 2025
What this trial tests

NA trial testing personalized lactation support in Mental Health Issue in 40 participants. Completed in 9 March 2023.

Timeline
23 February 2022
Primary endpoint
9 March 2023
9 March 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationnon randomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposeprevention
Enrollment40
Start date23 February 2022
Primary completion9 March 2023
Estimated completion9 March 2023
Sites2 locations across Kenya

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Who can join

18 and older, female only, with Mental Health Issue or Hiv. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Maternal Mental Health Primary · baseline (20-35 weeks pregnant), 6-weeks postpartum and 6-months postpartum

Patient Health Questionnaire-9: scoring ranges from 0-27 with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptoms.

Baseline
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers8.56.0 – 9.2
Control Group- Standard Care6.55 – 9.8
6 weeks postpartum
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers3.02 – 6.2
Control Group- Standard Care3.0.8 – 5
6 months postpartum
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers3.01 – 5.2
Control Group- Standard Care51 – 8
Number of Participants Who Reported Feeding Breastmilk Only Primary · 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks postpartum

Breast feeding behavior questionnaires where participants were asked, "What are you currently feeding your baby". The count of participants is the number of participants who selected, "breastmilk only".

2 weeks
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers19
Control Group- Standard Care16
4 weeks
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers19
Control Group- Standard Care19
6 weeks
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers20
Control Group- Standard Care19
12 weeks
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers20
Control Group- Standard Care17
Number of Participants Who Acknowledge Missing One or More HIV Infant Medications Primary · 6-weeks postpartum and 6-months postpartum

Questionnaire on adherence to infant HIV prophylaxis- participant count is the number of participants who acknowledged missing one more more dose of their infant's HIV medications (collected at 6 weeks and 6 months).

6 weeks
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers0
Control Group- Standard Care0
6 months
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers2
Control Group- Standard Care2
Maternal Adherence to HIV Medications Primary · baseline (20-35 weeks pregnant), 6-weeks postpartum and 6-months postpartum

Questionnaire on Maternal Adherence to HIV medications- the reported data comes from a visual analog scale where participants were instructed, "Please point or mark at the point showing how much of your ARVs you have taken in the past 30 days."

Baseline
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers98.95± 3.94
Control Group- Standard Care98.05± 6.95
6 weeks
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers97.7± 10.03
Control Group- Standard Care99.75± 1.09
6 months
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers99.8± 0.6
Control Group- Standard Care99.85± 0.48
Food Security Primary · baseline (20-35 weeks pregnant), 6-weeks postpartum and 6-months postpartum

Household Food Insecurity Access scale: scoring ranges from 0-27 with higher scores indicating greater food insecurity.

Baseline
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers11.59 – 16.2
Control Group- Standard Care127 – 15
6 weeks postpartum
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers10 – 7
Control Group- Standard Care9.55.8 – 12.5
6 months postpartum
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers20 – 3.5
Control Group- Standard Care96 – 11.5
Financial Security Primary · 7 months

These data were collected qualitatively using in depth exit interviews with intervention only participants to better understand how the cash transfer was used, what changes resulted in their lives related to increased financial security due to the cash transfer.

GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers20
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers0
Relationships Status Secondary · baseline (20-35 weeks pregnant), 6-weeks postpartum and 6-months postpartum

Couples satisfaction Index: scoring ranges from 0-81 with higher scores indicating greater relationship satisfaction.

Baseline
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers41.3± 11.6
Control Group- Standard Care44.5± 22.2
6 weeks
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers44.4± 14.8
Control Group- Standard Care53.3± 11.6
6 months
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers43.1± 15.5
Control Group- Standard Care50.3± 10.8
Women's Empowerment Secondary · baseline (20-35 weeks pregnant), 6-weeks postpartum and 6-months postpartum

Select questions from the Demographic Health Survey-"Who usually decides how the money you earn will be used: mainly you, mainly your husband/partner, or you and your husband/partner jointly?" and a series of questions asking if the participants current partner has been verbally, physically and/or sexually abusive over the preceding 12 months.

Baseline -mainly participant decides
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers9
Control Group- Standard Care11
Baseline- mainly husband/ partner decides
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers1
Control Group- Standard Care2
Baseline - decides jointly
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers0
Control Group- Standard Care7
Baseline- other
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers10
Control Group- Standard Care0
6 weeks -mainly participant decides
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers6
Control Group- Standard Care11
6 weeks- mainly husband/ partner decides
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers0
Control Group- Standard Care1
6 weeks - decides jointly
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers3
Control Group- Standard Care8
6 weeks-other
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers11
Control Group- Standard Care0
HIV-related Stigma Secondary · baseline (20-35 weeks pregnant), 6-weeks postpartum and 6-months postpartum

12-item HIV stigma scale: scoring ranges from 12-48 higher scores reflect a higher level of perceived HIV-related stigma.

Baseline
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers25.6± 6.3
Control Group- Standard Care30.4± 7.1
6 weeks
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers25.9± 3.9
Control Group- Standard Care27.1± 4.6
6 months
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers26.8± 4.1
Control Group- Standard Care28.4± 4.7
Social Support Secondary · 6-weeks postpartum and 6-months postpartum

Duke-University of North Carolina Functional Social Support Questionnaire: scoring ranges from 8-40 with higher values indicating greater social support

6 weeks
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers24.520.2 – 31.5
Control Group- Standard Care33.027.8 – 37.0
6 month
GroupValue95% CI
Intervention Group- Lactation Support and Unconditional Cash Transfers30.522.0 – 34.0
Control Group- Standard Care31.027.8 – 35.5

Sponsor's own description

The investigators will recruit 40 pregnant women living with HIV divided into 2 groups (n=20 intervention group, n=20 control group). The intervention group will receive personalized lactation support and monthly unconditional cash transfers (100USD/month) from approximately 30 weeks pregnancy to approximately 6-months postpartum. The control group will receive the current standard care.

Publications & conference data

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

  1. Infant feeding: emerging concepts to prevent HIV transmission.
    Bamford A, Foster C, Lyall H. · · 2024 · cited 9× · PMID 37889586 · DOI 10.1097/qco.0000000000000986
  2. Understanding mother-to-child transmission of HIV among mothers engaged in HIV care in Kenya: a case report.
    Tuthill EL, Odhiambo BC, Maltby AE. · · 2024 · cited 7× · PMID 38395878 · DOI 10.1186/s13006-024-00622-3
  3. Feasibility, acceptability and lessons learned from an infant feeding intervention trial among women living with HIV in western Kenya.
    Maltby AE, Odhiambo BC, Nyaura M, Shikari R, et al · · 2023 · cited 6× · PMID 37798696 · DOI 10.1186/s12889-023-16794-2
  4. "It has changed my life": unconditional cash transfers and personalized infant feeding support- a feasibility intervention trial among women living with HIV in western Kenya.
    Tuthill EL, Maltby AE, Odhiambo BC, Hoffmann TJ, et al · · 2023 · cited 3× · PMID 38012644 · DOI 10.1186/s13006-023-00600-1

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