NCT06320964: TARANGPilot

The TARANG Intervention

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 6 February 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing TARANG in Feasibility in 42 participants. Completed in 21 January 2024.

Timeline

14 July 2023

Primary endpoint
21 January 2024

21 January 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of California, San Francisco
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	42
Start date	14 July 2023
Primary completion	21 January 2024
Estimated completion	21 January 2024
Sites	1 location across India

Drugs / interventions tested

• TARANG

Conditions studied

• Feasibility — all drugs for Feasibility →
• Acceptability — all drugs for Acceptability →
• Family Planning — all drugs for Family Planning →
• Unintended Pregnancy — all drugs for Unintended Pregnancy →

Sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Feasibility or Acceptability. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Feasibility of the Intervention Primary · Post-intervention at 5 month endline survey

Proportion of participants who complete 50% of the intervention sessions

Group	Value	95% CI
TARANG Arm	28

Acceptability Primary · Post-intervention at 5 month endline survey

Proportion of participants who were completely or somewhat satisfied with the intervention

Group	Value	95% CI
TARANG Arm	34

Usefulness Primary · Post-intervention at 5 month endline survey

Proportion of participants who found the TARANG intervention sessions very useful or somewhat useful

Group	Value	95% CI
TARANG Arm	35

Sponsor's own description

The mixed methods pilot study aims to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, and implementation challenges of the TARANG intervention in villages in rural/tribal Rajasthan to inform the study design and operational details for a larger cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Publications & conference data

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

1. Individual empowerment and community norm effects of engaging young husbands in reproductive health in rural India: findings from a pilot study.
   Diamond-Smith N, Vaishnav Y, Choudhary U, Sharma P, et al · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 39420379 · DOI 10.1186/s12978-024-01878-y
2. Feasibility and acceptability of a life skills and reproductive health empowerment intervention for young newly married women in Rajasthan, India: a pre-post convergent mixed methods pilot study.
   Gopalakrishnan L, Patil S, Das D, Paul A, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 41241746 · DOI 10.1186/s40814-025-01720-7
3. Implementation and evaluation of a family planning intervention engaging mothers-in-law of young women in India: a mixed methods pilot study.
   Gopalakrishnan L, Choudhary U, Vallin J, Das D, et al · · 2025 · PMID 40916629 · DOI 10.1080/16549716.2025.2554435
4. Feasibility and acceptability of a life skills and reproductive health empowerment interventionfor young newly married women in Rajasthan, India: A pre-post convergent mixed methods pilot study.
   Gopalakrishnan L, Patil S, Das D, Paul A, et al · · 2024 · DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4255712/v1
5. Individual empowerment and community norm effects of engaging young husbands in reproductive health in rural India: findings from a pilot study
   Diamond-Smith N, Vaishnav Y, Choudhary U, Sharma P, et al · · 2024 · DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4376443/v1