Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Cluster Randomized, Parallel-group, Superiority Study to Compare the Effectiveness of a Community-based mHealth Strategy Versus Enhanced Usual Care in the Detection and Management of Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia in Tanzania
Brief Summary: The core of this study is a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) of antenatal clinics which are located in four districts in Tanzania. We are conducting an effectiveness (pragmatic) rather than an efficacy (explanatory) trial because we are looking to measure the degree of benefit under 'real world' conditions. Although pragmatic and carried out in real world conditions, the proposed size and scope of the trial will allow us to achieve a robust evaluation of outcomes and determine the effectiveness of our intervention. A cluster design is the most appropriate type of methodology (rather than individual randomization by pregnant woman) as the intervention can be delivered to the entire health facility (of those facilities in the intervention group). The intervention is to implement an mHealth strategy to improve detection and management of PE (pre-eclampsia). This study is a multi-level, mixed-methods design that includes a cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) of antenatal clinics in rural Tanzania. Thirty health facilities have been randomized to control facilities and thirty facilities have been randomized to intervention clinics. All randomized clinics have upgraded antenatal care (ANC) and skilled birth attendants present. Nurses in the intervention clinics in this cluster arm will receive mHealth-based education in detection and management of PE and will be instructed and encouraged to follow a guideline-driven approach supported by mHealth (educational modules that provide decision support and reminders through the facility smartphone/tablet). At all antenatal visits, pregnant women will have their blood pressures measured and urine assessed for proteinuria, and, the result will be automatically sent by SMS (short message service) with a unique patient identifier to a central site for monitoring and tracking. Community Health Workers (CHWs) linked to the facility site and local communities will be instructed on which women to have follow-up visits within their communities. For all those women found to be at risk for PE (as well as other high risk maternal conditions), an SMS will be sent to the CHW, and, the nurses at the ANC recommending timely follow-up and protocol steps for management at that facility or for transfer for further monitoring and management at a higher-level facility. The nurses participating in the study have been drawn from the health facilities themselves, in both control and intervention arms. Quantitative data will be collected on an ongoing basis through the mobile platform. Women are eligible for recruitment between 15 weeks and 36 weeks gestation.


Options:
A: Arm Label: AH Telemonitoring; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: Self measurement of blood pressure | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Self measurement of blood pressure; Assigned to Arm(s): AH Telemonitoring
B: Arm Label: Intervention Arm; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: Community-based Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia Detection and Management, Other: Strengthened Referral Network from Community to Referral hospital levels | Arm Label: Enhanced Usual Care; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Community-based Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia Detection and Management; Assigned to Arm(s): Intervention Arm | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Strengthened Referral Network from Community to Referral hospital levels; Assigned to Arm(s): Intervention Arm
C: Arm Label: Arm A: Conical then Cylindrical; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: Non-invasive BP recording with conical Ultracheck Curve BP cuff, Device: Non-invasive BP recording with traditional cylindrical BP cuff, Other: Direct invasive arterial pressure | Arm Label: Arm B: Cylindrical then Conical; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Device: Non-invasive BP recording with conical Ultracheck Curve BP cuff, Device: Non-invasive BP recording with traditional cylindrical BP cuff, Other: Direct invasive arterial pressure | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Non-invasive BP recording with conical Ultracheck Curve BP cuff; Assigned to Arm(s): Arm A: Conical then Cylindrical, Arm B: Cylindrical then Conical | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Non-invasive BP recording with traditional cylindrical BP cuff; Assigned to Arm(s): Arm A: Conical then Cylindrical, Arm B: Cylindrical then Conical | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Direct invasive arterial pressure; Assigned to Arm(s): Arm A: Conical then Cylindrical, Arm B: Cylindrical then Conical
D: Arm Label: telemonitoring group (TM); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: Telemonitoring | Arm Label: Patient self-monitoring group (PSM); Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Device: Telemonitoring | Arm Label: control group (CC); Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Arm Label: CAPROM - Group 1; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: Longitudinal CV profiling during pregnancy and before and after the start/switch of antihypertensive medication | Arm Label: CAPROM - Group 2; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: CV profiling before and after the start/switch of antihypertensive medication | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Telemonitoring; Assigned to Arm(s): Patient self-monitoring group (PSM), telemonitoring group (TM) | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Longitudinal CV profiling during pregnancy and before and after the start/switch of antihypertensive medication; Assigned to Arm(s): CAPROM - Group 1 | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: CV profiling before and after the start/switch of antihypertensive medication; Assigned to Arm(s): CAPROM - Group 2

Answer: B