NCT03516396 is a NA clinical trial of Training Plus in Malnutrition, sponsored by Tufts University.

Who is sponsoring NCT03516396?

NCT03516396 is sponsored by Tufts University.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03516396?

Interventions in NCT03516396: Training Plus, Training Only, No Inputs then Community development and training.

What condition does NCT03516396 study?

NCT03516396 studies Malnutrition.

Is NCT03516396 still recruiting?

NCT03516396 is currently completed. Last updated 15 July 2020.

Last reviewed 2020-07-15 · How we verify

NCT03516396

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Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Community Development and Nutrition Education in Banke District, Nepal: Effect on Child Health and Growth

Completed NA Last updated 15 July 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Training Plus in Malnutrition in 1,500 participants. Completed in 31 December 2019.

Timeline

1 July 2013

Primary endpoint
31 December 2019

31 December 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Tufts University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	sequential
Masking	none
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	1,500
Start date	1 July 2013
Primary completion	31 December 2019
Estimated completion	31 December 2019

Drugs / interventions tested

Training Plus
Training Only
No Inputs then Community development and training

Conditions studied

Malnutrition — all drugs for Malnutrition →

Sponsor

Tufts University

Who can join

Adults 1 Month to 12, any sex, with Malnutrition. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Heifer Project International is a globally active NGO with more than 400 projects in over 30 countries. The organization uses the introduction of livestock and related training in the development of social capital as tools for poverty alleviation, citizen empowerment, and community development. In a pilot project conducted in 2009-2012, these activities were found to promote some improvement in child health and nutritional status. However, robust enhancement of these important indicators was not observed. Heifer now intends to investigate the efficacy of a nutrition and child health education program in amplifying these effects.

Publications & conference data

4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Dietary Diversity and Child Development in the Far West of Nepal: A Cohort Study.
Thorne-Lyman AL, Shrestha M, Fawzi WW, Pasqualino M, et al · · 2019 · cited 30× · PMID 31382653 · DOI 10.3390/nu11081799
Diet quality over time is associated with better development in rural Nepali children.
Miller LC, Neupane S, Joshi N, Shrestha M, et al · · 2020 · cited 18× · PMID 32048475 · DOI 10.1111/mcn.12964
Multisectoral community development in Nepal has greater effects on child growth and diet than nutrition education alone.
Miller LC, Neupane S, Joshi N, Lohani M, et al · · 2020 · cited 17× · PMID 31544735 · DOI 10.1017/s136898001900260x
Maternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children.
Miller LC, Neupane S, Sparling TM, Shrestha M, et al · · 2021 · cited 8× · PMID 34132034 · DOI 10.1111/mcn.13221

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03516396 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Tufts University
Last refreshed: 15 July 2020

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