STI Testing to Enhance PrEP Use in Pregnancy

Conditions: PrEP Adherence, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Pregnancy

Sex: Female

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Phase: PHASE3

Enrollment: 600

Sponsor: Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership

Summary

The investigators are conducting a study in Botswana to see if offering STI testing along with expanded HIV prevention options (PrEP) helps more pregnant women start and continue using PrEP during and after pregnancy. Pregnant women (n=600) seeking antenatal care in Botswana will be enrolled and randomly assigned to receive the standard of care (standard STI assessment with no STI testing) versus STI testing for Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis during pregnancy and postpartum. The investigators' hypothesis is that providing STI testing alongside PrEP offer will encourage more women to start and continue using PrEP.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Pregnant and seeking antenatal care * Self-identifying as a cis-gender woman * Living without HIV * Not currently using PrEP * Planning to remain in the city/town of enrolment until 9 months post-delivery. * Planning to receive antenatal and postnatal care in the city/town of enrolment. * Willing and able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Male gender * Not pregnant * Living with HIV * Currently using PrEP * Not planning to remain in the city/town of enrolment until 9 months post-delivery * Not planning to receive antenatal and postnatal care in the city/town to enrolment * Not able or willing to provide informed consent for participation

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06919614). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.