NCT05565196 is a NA clinical trial of Birth companions in Maternal Care Patterns, sponsored by Jhpiego.

Who is sponsoring NCT05565196?

NCT05565196 is sponsored by Jhpiego.

What drugs are being tested in NCT05565196?

Interventions in NCT05565196: Birth companions.

What condition does NCT05565196 study?

NCT05565196 studies Maternal Care Patterns.

Is NCT05565196 still recruiting?

NCT05565196 is currently completed. Last updated 10 December 2024.

Last reviewed 2024-12-10 · How we verify

NCT05565196

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

Birth Companion Intervention in Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria

Completed NA Last updated 10 December 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Birth companions in Maternal Care Patterns in 10,360 participants. Completed in 18 November 2024.

Timeline

10 October 2022

Primary endpoint
18 November 2024

18 November 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Jhpiego
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	10,360
Start date	10 October 2022
Primary completion	18 November 2024
Estimated completion	18 November 2024
Sites	5 locations across Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria

Drugs / interventions tested

Birth companions

Conditions studied

Maternal Care Patterns — all drugs for Maternal Care Patterns →

Sponsor

Jhpiego — full company profile →

Who can join

15 and older, female only, with Maternal Care Patterns. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The study aims to assess the acceptability; feasibility; implementation cost; and penetration of the birth companion intervention introduced at health facilities. It is a multi-country study (Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria) with a two parallel arm cluster randomized controlled trial design. The study duration will approximately be 16 months.

Publications & conference data

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

A clustered randomized control trial to assess feasibility, acceptability, and impact of implementing the birth companion intervention package in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria: study protocol.
Berhanu D, Bekele G, Melesse H, Taddese F, et al · · 2023 · cited 2× · PMID 37838662 · DOI 10.1186/s12913-023-10082-w
A package of interventions to increase facility births attended by a birth companion in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
Regassa GB, Owira P, Olum M, Taddese F, et al · · 2025 · DOI 10.1101/2025.08.07.25333264

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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 NCT05565196 (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 Jhpiego
Last refreshed: 10 December 2024

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