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NCT03518593 Clinical Trial

Evaluation of NICHE Programme Activities in Kenya

Malnutrition Clinical Trial

Official title:
Evaluation of NICHE (Nutritional Improvements Through Cash and Health Education) Programme Activities in Kitui and Machakos, Kenya

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data
NCT number NCT03518593
Other study ID # UN-43203222
Secondary ID
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date January 1, 2017
Est. completion date June 26, 2018

Study information
Verified date April 2018
Source Kimetrica LLC
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the impact of additional cash and nutritional counselling on nutrition outcomes in pregnant women and children up to the age of two years in CT-OVC (cash transfer- orphan and vulnerable children) households in Kitui and Machakos counties of Kenya. The control arm households will receive their normal CT-OVC cash payment and the intervention arm will receive an additional cash payment and nutritional counselling.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Active, not recruiting
Enrollment 800
Est. completion date June 26, 2018
Est. primary completion date June 26, 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group N/A to 23 Months
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant women and children aged up to 23 months of age in households receiving CT-OVC cash transfers in Kitui and Machakos counties of Kenya

Exclusion Criteria:

- not residing in CT-OVC households

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Intervention

Other:
• Cash and counselling
Additional 500 Ksh per child per month and household visits by Community health Volunteers (CHVs)

Locations
Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (3)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Kimetrica LLC European Commission, UNICEF

Outcome
Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Stunting HAZ (height for age z score) < -2 SDs of WHO median 8-15 months
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