CHART: Surveillance of children exposed to antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy
DEC-NET Serial number GB268
Published online30/06/2004 14.04.00
Last updated03/10/2005 10.04.35
Other protocol ID numberN0024128034
This trial has been approved by an ethics committee
Current trial statusComplete(closed to recruitment of participants: follow-up complete)
Major Disease
(ICD9 class)
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) DISEASE
Experimental drug
Antiretrovirals
GenderBoth
Age (range)0 - 9 years

Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Uninfected children born to HIV infected women in the UK, identified through routine national surveillance
Exclusion criteria
Parents refuse consent

Trial design/methodology
Phase0
Kind of studySafety
DesignSurvey; Laboratory Study and Questionnaire
Purpose of study
To explore the association of exposure to antiretroviral therapy in fetal or early life with adverse neonatal outcomes or subsequent health problems in uninfected children born to HIV infected women.
Primary outcomes
Neonatal outcomes & morbidity in childhood, eg height, weight, hospital admissions, medical outcomes
Summary of study design, objectives, and ongoing research findings
The aim of the study was to explore the association of exposure to antiretroviral therapy in fetal or early life with adverse neonatal outcomes or subsequent health problems in uninfected children born to HIV infected women. The chart study is a consented annual follow-up. a questionnaire on the child's health and development is completed by a health professional in consultation with the parent/carer. Children were identified through routine national surveillance.
Principal investigator
NameDr Pat Tookey
InstitutionInstitute of Child Health
Postal addressCentre for Paediatric Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH
CityLondon
CountryUNITED KINGDOM
Phone020 7905 2604
Fax
E-mailp.tookey@ich.ucl.ac.uk


Sponsor name
Medical Research Council (National agencies)

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