NCT05665049: STEB

Social Transfers for Exclusive Breastfeeding

Active, enrolled NA Last updated 13 January 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Social Transfer in Breast Feeding, Exclusive in 300 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.

Timeline

1 August 2022

Primary endpoint
30 October 2023

31 December 2027

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Phase	NA
Status	Active, enrolled
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	300
Start date	1 August 2022
Primary completion	30 October 2023
Estimated completion	31 December 2027
Sites	1 location across Laos

Drugs / interventions tested

• Social Transfer

Conditions studied

• Breast Feeding, Exclusive — all drugs for Breast Feeding, Exclusive →
• Breastfeeding — all drugs for Breastfeeding →
• Development, Child — all drugs for Development, Child →
• Development, Infant — all drugs for Development, Infant →

Sponsor

Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

Who can join

Adults 18 to 42, female only, with Breast Feeding, Exclusive or Breastfeeding. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this study is to assess the effectiveness of social transfers on exclusive breastfeeding rates in Lao PDR. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Are social transfers effective at increasing exclusive breastfeeding rates at 6-months
2. Are social transfers cost-effective
3. What are the long-term impacts of social transfers for breastfeeding on child development

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: 1) control, no social transfer 2) non-conditional social transfer at 6-months postpartum, and 3) conditional social transfer at six months postpartum; conditional upon the mothers exclusive breastfeeding status.

All participants receive education about the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding and current international recommendations.

Researchers will compare the intervention groups to the control group to see if social transfers are effective at increasing exclusive breastfeeding rates at six months postpartum.

Publications & conference data

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

1. Social Transfers for Exclusive Breastfeeding (STEB) Intervention in Lao People's Democratic Republic: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Sonephet S, Kounnavong S, Zinsstag L, Vonaesch P, et al · · 2024 · cited 5× · PMID 38700928 · DOI 10.2196/54768
2. Conditional and Unconditional Social Transfers, Early-Life Nutrition, and Child Growth: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
   Wallenborn JT, Sonephet S, Sayasone S, Siengsounthone L, et al · · 2025 · cited 3× · PMID 39680397 · DOI 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.5079