NCT00132535.
Study name | Influence of HIV infection on the effectiveness of malaria prevention during pregnancy, with emphasis on the effect of chloroquine on HIV viral load among pregnant women in Uganda |
Methods | Double‐blind placebo‐controlled RCT |
Participants | 2548 pregnant women (270 with HIV) in Uganda |
Interventions | SP + chloroquine (chloroquine 300 mg weekly) or SP + placebo (IPTp twice during pregnancy) |
Outcomes | The primary outcomes are maternal peripheral parasitaemia. placental parasitaemia, clinical malaria, maternal and infant haemoglobin, birth weight, congenital parasitaemia, and maternal HIV viral load at inclusion and before delivery. |
Starting date | August 2003 |
Contact information | Lucy N Korukiiko, Uganda AIDS Commission |
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