NCT03810300: TMRI

Sustainability of Impacts of Cash Transfers, Food Transfers, and Behavior Change Communication in Bangladesh

Completed NA Last updated 18 January 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Cash transfer in Food Security in 5,000 participants. Completed in 15 May 2018.

Timeline

15 April 2012

Primary endpoint
15 May 2018

15 May 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	International Food Policy Research Institute
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	factorial
Masking	none
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	5,000
Start date	15 April 2012
Primary completion	15 May 2018
Estimated completion	15 May 2018

Drugs / interventions tested

• Cash transfer
• Food transfer
• Food and cash transfer
• Nutrition behavior Communication Change (BCC)
• Control

Conditions studied

• Food Security — all drugs for Food Security →
• Poverty — all drugs for Poverty →
• Child Nutrition — all drugs for Child Nutrition →
• Child Development — all drugs for Child Development →

Sponsor

International Food Policy Research Institute

Who can join

Adults 15 to 65, female only, with Food Security or Poverty. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study assesses the sustainability of impacts, 4 years post-program, from a pilot safety net program that was implemented from May 2012-April 2014. The intervention, called the Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI), was assigned following a cluster-randomized controlled trial design in two zones of Bangladesh (north and south). Intervention arms were assigned at the village level, where arms were as follows: (1) cash transfers \[north and south\]; (2) cash transfers + nutrition behavior communication change (BCC) \[north only\]; (3) food transfers \[north and south\]; (4) food transfers + nutrition BCC \[south only\]; (4) food-cash split \[north and south\]; and (5) control \[north and south\]. Within treatment villages, women living in very poor households were targeted to receive benefits for two years.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.