Cash for clinic visits: did the benefits last?
NCT ID NCT05709457
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study follows up on a large program in Nigeria where women received cash payments for attending prenatal and postnatal care and delivering in a health facility. Researchers want to know if the positive effects on mother and child health lasted over time and if they spread to other women in the community. The study will track 21,000 women and their children to measure outcomes like facility births, child survival, and immunization rates.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cash transfer conditional on attending prenatal and postnatal care
- What this could lead to
- If the benefits of cash incentives persist, this could point toward a low-cost way to improve long-term maternal and child health in low-resource settings.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational follow-up, not a new treatment trial. The original program may not have lasting effects, and results may not apply to other regions or populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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18,131 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2021
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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13 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria for Households: * Resident in a community included in the RTC Exclusion Criteria for Households: * None Inclusion Criteria for Women: * Women must have participated in an earlier randomized trial of conditional incentives OR * They did not take part in the earlier trial but are resident in clusters that participated in the earlier trial and have given birth since 2018 Exclusion Criteria for Women: \-
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Amino Kano Teaching Hospital
Kano, Nigeria
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