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HIV and Infant Feeding - Clinical Trial

What is the Purpose of this Study?

Many people with HIV want to breastfeed their babies, but until recently, the rules in the U.S. didn't allow this. There's a small risk of passing HIV to the baby, but we need more information to understand this better. This research will make a list of babies and how they are fed, talk to families about why they choose certain ways to feed their babies, and test breast milk and blood to see if the HIV that can't be found in the blood is also not in the breast milk.

What is the Condition Being Studied?

HIV and Newborn Feeding

Who Can Participate in the Study?

Adults ages 18-50 who:

Are diagnosed with HIV and either currently pregnant or gave birth in the past 3 years (Part 1 of study); OR
Are diagnosed with HIV and currently breastfeeding their newborn baby (Part 2 of study)

For more information, contact the study team at paula.bell@duke.edu.

Age Group

Adults

What is Involved?

There are 2 parts to this study. If you choose to join, you can take part in one or both parts.

The first part of the study consists of a single interview about your experience with feeding newborn babies and will take approximately 60 minutes.

You can choose to join the second part of the study if you gave birth recently and are currently breastfeeding or lactating (making breast milk). The second part of the study involves donating breast milk samples at 5 clinic visits over the first several months of your child's life. We will time these visits to happen on the same days that you have regular bloodwork to test your HIV viral load.