Understanding Practices of Lactation and Infant Feeding Together With Women With HIV in the United States

NCT ID: NCT07293559

Last Updated: 2025-12-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

1150 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2026-01-31

Study Completion Date

2030-01-31

Brief Summary

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IMPAACT 2046/UPLIFT (Understanding Practices of Lactation and Infant Feeding decisions Together with women with HIV) is a multi-site, mixed-methods, observational cohort study. The purpose of the study is to explore infant feeding preferences, practices, and outcomes among mothers with HIV and their families in the United States. It will employ both qualitative and quantitative research methods to address existing knowledge gaps and to understand the clinical, behavioral, and social factors influencing infant feeding decisions. As part of the study's mixed method approach, a longitudinal cohort study of mothers and their infants will be established. The study also aims to pilot a national registry of breastfeeding women living with HIV in the United States.

Detailed Description

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This is a convergent mixed-method, multisite study to identify factors in infant feeding decisions and explore infant feeding perspectives, preferences, practices and outcomes among women with HIV in the US. Feasibility and acceptability of developing a national registry of breastfeeding women with HIV in the US will also be assessed. The study sites will enroll women with HIV who are pregnant or postpartum (PPWH), healthcare providers (HCPs) and ancillary healthcare professionals (AHPs), other influential individuals who contribute to infant feeding decisions, and pilot registry testers.

The study will be comprised of three core activities:

* Core Activity 1: Will explore the multifaceted process of infant feeding decision-making, and describe clinical practice, and counseling approaches via in-depth interviews (IDIs) and surveys. IDIs will be completed with PPWH, influential people who contribute to infant feeding decisions, HCPs, and AHPs. HCPs and AHPs will also complete self-administered surveys, and site staff at each site will complete site-level surveys to inform a landscape analysis.
* Core Activity 2: Will establish an observational prospective cohort of PPWH, and their liveborn infants, to examine current infant feeding practices and outcomes and their associated costs and cost benefits.
* Core Activity 3: Will develop and pilot a national registry of breastfeeding women with HIV and assess its feasibility and acceptability among pilot registry testers.

Conditions

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HIV-1-infection Breastfeeding Pregnancy Related

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Core Activity 1

This core activity aims to explore current site-level infant feeding practices and infant feeding decision-making and preferences at selected sites in the US.

No intervention provided in this study

Intervention Type OTHER

None; No intervention provided in this study

Core Activity 2

This core activity aims to examine infant feeding practices and outcomes among women with HIV at selected sites in the US and to describe the financial implications of different infant feeding choices.

No intervention provided in this study

Intervention Type OTHER

None; No intervention provided in this study

Core Activity 3

This core activity aims to pilot and assess the feasibility and acceptability of a national registry of breastfeeding women with HIV in the US.

No intervention provided in this study

Intervention Type OTHER

None; No intervention provided in this study

Interventions

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No intervention provided in this study

None; No intervention provided in this study

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Is of legal age or circumstance to provide independent informed consent
* Belongs to one of the following five categories:

* Is pregnant with a gestational age of 28 0/7 to 37 6/7 weeks at entry and is considering breastfeeding
* Is pregnant with a gestational age of 28 0/7 to 37 6/7 weeks at entry and is not considering breastfeeding
* Gave birth to a live born infant after 28 February 2023, is over 4 weeks postpartum, did not breastfeed for any duration and has no intent to breastfeed
* Gave birth to a live born infant after 28 February 2023, is over 4 weeks postpartum, breastfed for less than four weeks, and has weaned
* Gave birth to a live born infant after 28 February 2023, is over 4 weeks postpartum, and breastfed for four weeks or longer
* Diagnosed with HIV prior to or during the pregnancy
* If preferred language is other than English, is willing to participate in interviews with an available translator.


* Is of legal age or circumstance to provide independent informed consent
* Is a healthcare provider who self-identifies as an obstetrician, midwife, nurse, adult or pediatric infectious disease specialist, or advance practice provider who participated in the care of at least five PPWH and/or their infants over the three years prior to entry OR
* Is an ancillary healthcare professional who self-identifies as a social worker, lactation support provider, patient navigator, pharmacist, doula who participated in the care of at least five PPWH and/or their infants over the three years prior to entry


* Has been identified by a PPWH enrolled in Core Activity 1 as aware of her HIV status and contributing to her infant feeding decisions
* Is of legal age or circumstance to provide independent informed consent
* If preferred language is other than English, is willing to participate in interviews with an available translator.


* Is of legal age or circumstance to provide independent informed consent
* Is pregnant with singleton fetus with a gestational age of ≥ 28 0/7 weeks at entry OR
* Gave birth to a live born, singleton infant up to 7 days prior to entry
* Diagnosed with HIV prior to or during the pregnancy
* Expected to be available for the duration of follow-up


* Is of legal age or circumstance to provide independent informed consent
* Must be up to 7 days postpartum with live-born infant
* Diagnosed with HIV prior to or during the pregnancy
* Breastfed her infant for any duration


* Is of legal age or circumstance to provide independent informed consent
* Working at a healthcare facility that provides care for women with HIV who are breastfeeding and/or their infants

Exclusion Criteria

* Has any condition identified during the screening period that, in the opinion of site investigator, would preclude informed consent, make study participation unsafe, complicate interpretation of study outcome data, or otherwise interfere with achieving the study objectives
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Colorado, Denver

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Lisa Abuogi

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of Colorado, Denver

Locations

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University of Southern California (CRS 5048)

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (CRS 5112)

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

University California, San Diego (CRS 4601)

San Diego, California, United States

Site Status

University of Colorado, Denver (CRS 5052)

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Site Status

University of Florida (5051)

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Site Status

Univ of Miami Pediatric/Perinatal HIV/AIDS (5127)

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status

5030, Emory University School of Medicine Clinical Research Site

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (CRS 4001)

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Johns Hopkins University (CRS 5092)

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Jacobi Med. Ctr. Bronx NICHD CRS (5013)

The Bronx, New York, United States

Site Status

St. Jude Childrens Research Hosp, Memphis (6501)

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Lisa Levy

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 202-884-8480

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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James Homans, MD

Role: primary

Yvonne Morales, LVN

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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IMPAACT 2046

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id