Breastfeeding Education Support Tool

NCT ID: NCT06797063

Last Updated: 2025-04-16

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1152 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-09-01

Study Completion Date

2029-09-01

Brief Summary

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The proposed project seeks to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of the Breastfeeding Education Support Tool for Baby (BEST4Baby) intervention, an mHealth-supported community-based peer counselor breastfeeding intervention for mothers in India. Given that rates of optimal infant feeding practices have remained stagnant over the past two decades in India, and that India is the most populous country and icontributes one-fifth of all global live births, this project could have major global health implications if the intervention is found to improve maternal breastfeeding practices and infant clinical outcomes. The project will also provide evidence needed to adopt BEST4Baby nationally and in other low resource communities.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Breastfeeding, Exclusive Infant Development Infant Growth Breast Feeding

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Control

Participants in the control clusters will continue with local practice for antenatal breastfeeding support and referral to facilities. It is expected that they will receive routine health education recommended by the Indian national health system during the prenatal and postnatal period.

Group Type OTHER

Usual Care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the control clusters will continue with local practice for antenatal breastfeeding support and referral to facilities. It is expected that they will receive routine health education recommended by the national health system during the prenatal and postnatal period and offered through PHC and community level workers, including ASHAs. ASHAs may visit a woman after delivery to provide lactation support, as needed, with visits ceasing at 42 days post-delivery. Breastfeeding mothers requiring advanced lactation support may be referred to a community subcenter for care with more skilled clinicians.

BEST4Baby

BEST4Baby consists of prenatal and post-delivery breastfeeding education and support for mothers provided by community-based peer counselors who are trained in a modified 5-day WHO/UNICEF Breastfeeding Counselling Course and supported by an mHealth application.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

BEST4Baby

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

BEST4Baby consists of prenatal and post-delivery breastfeeding education and support for mothers provided by community-based peer counselors who are trained in a modified 5-day WHO/UNICEF Breastfeeding Counselling Course and supported by an mHealth application.

Interventions

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BEST4Baby

BEST4Baby consists of prenatal and post-delivery breastfeeding education and support for mothers provided by community-based peer counselors who are trained in a modified 5-day WHO/UNICEF Breastfeeding Counselling Course and supported by an mHealth application.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Participants in the control clusters will continue with local practice for antenatal breastfeeding support and referral to facilities. It is expected that they will receive routine health education recommended by the national health system during the prenatal and postnatal period and offered through PHC and community level workers, including ASHAs. ASHAs may visit a woman after delivery to provide lactation support, as needed, with visits ceasing at 42 days post-delivery. Breastfeeding mothers requiring advanced lactation support may be referred to a community subcenter for care with more skilled clinicians.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* at least 18 years of age,
* pregnant and 20-27 weeks of gestation at study enrollment,
* singleton pregnancy,
* no major antepartum complications,
* living in a research site,
* planning to deliver in the cluster area,
* capable of giving informed consent,
* willing to be visited by a PC and research personnel for up to 12 months post-delivery.

Exclusion Criteria

comorbidities impacting breastfeeding,

\- severe psychological illness that could interfere with consent and study participation. Following a live birth, participants will remain eligible to continue in the study unless the mother or infant experiences: illness or clinical complications warranting prolonged hospitalization, stillbirth, low birth weight (\< 2500 g), congenital abnormality, or neonatal death.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

KLE University Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Benten Technologies, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Thomas Jefferson University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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KLE Univeristy

Belagavi, Karnataka, India

Site Status

Countries

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India

Central Contacts

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Vanessa Short, PhD, MPH

Role: CONTACT

412-352-1226

Parth Lalakia

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Niranjana Mahantashetti

Role: primary

4123521226

Other Identifiers

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1R01HD112492

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

2024-3092

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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