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Diabete Type 2NOURISHNCT07713836

Nutrition Intervention Optimization to Better Utilize Resources and Support Health

A study testing Meal kits, No-prep meals and Culinary nutrition classes in people with Diabete Type 2 and Obesity & Overweight, run by Tufts University at 1 site in United States.

Not yet recruiting

Opening soon. The study is approved but enrolment has not started yet. Sites may already take enquiries.

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Trial summary

Not having enough food for each person in a household, also called food insecurity, makes it hard to eat a nutritious diet, maintain a healthy weight, and manage diabetes risk. Food banks and pantries provide direct food assistance that can mitigate food insecurity among people with lower income, however, people that… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Meal kits, No-prep meals and Culinary nutrition classes
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
400 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jan 2027to Feb 2031
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Aged 18+,
  • Body mass index (BMI)≥ 25;
  • Access to a device with SMS and MMS (picture) text and Wi-Fi capabilities (e.g., phone, tablet, computer) and willingness to use the device regularly during the study;
  • Willingness to complete four in-person data collection appointments;
  • Willing and able to consent.

Who cannot join

  • Presence of a condition or dietary restriction precluding eating study meals or weight loss (e.g., condition requiring liquid diet, pregnancy);
  • Another member of the household participating;
  • Planning to move within the next 12 months;
  • Unwilling to participate.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

United States1 site
  • Crossroads Community Services

    Dallas, Texas, 75236

    NICHE Lab Team, ‪(469) 240-9112‬, niche@tufts.edu

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About this study

Official title: Optimizing Interventions to Improve Nutrition Security and Reduce Diabetes Risk Among Food Pantry Clients

Not having enough food for each person in a household, also called food insecurity, makes it hard to eat a nutritious diet, maintain a healthy weight, and manage diabetes risk. Food banks and pantries provide direct food assistance that can mitigate food insecurity among people with lower income, however, people that utilize these organizations face time, resource, and physical constraints that limit their ability to consistently select and cook healthier meals and the organizations face budget constraints that limit their bandwidth for implementing nutrition programs. This research will test four innovative nutrition programs (nutritious prepared meals, medically tailored groceries in the form of meal kits, culinary medicine, motivational text messages) to identify which are the most effective for supporting healthy eating and food security and the most cost effective for organizations to implement, as an effort to reduce diabetes risk, improve diabetes self-management, and diminish health disparities.

Being tested
Meal kits, No-prep meals, Culinary nutrition classes, Text messages
Keywords
Food is Medicine, Medically tailored meals, Medically tailored groceries, Type 2 Diabetes, Culinary medicine
Medical subject headings
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Obesity, Overweight

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Meal kitsBehavioural

    Also called medically tailored groceries, MTGs

    Meal kits combine ingredients (e.g., chicken, tomatillo salsa verde, peppers, sweet potatoes) in a bag with a recipe that instructs how to make a healthier meal (e.g., Chicken Tomatillo Salsa Verde with Peppers and Sweet Potatoes).

  • No-prep mealsBehavioural

    Also called ready-to-eat meals, no prep, ready to eat meals

    The meals were created to meet nutrition standards for people with or at-risk for cardiometabolic diseases. Each entree has at least one serving of proteins, whole grains, and two vegetables. Entrees are low in sodium and sugar and meet carbohydrate recommendations for people with diabetes.

  • Culinary nutrition classesBehavioural

    Participants randomly assigned to receive culinary nutrition classes will receive six-weeks of hybrid instruction from the Health Meets Food™ curriculum.

    Health Meets Food™ improves adherence to a nutritious diet, reduces food costs by encouraging more home food preparation, and reduces blood pressure and cholesterol among people with diabetes.

  • Text messagesBehavioural

    Participants will receive four culturally tailored SMS and MMS texts per week with motivational messages and nutrition education developed and tested by Dr. Leng as part of the SANOS trial (R01MD012819) and slightly adapted to our community's food preferences identified through extensive preliminary research. Texts will be delivered in the participants preferred language (English/Spanish) and scheduled for their preferred time (e.g., AM/PM).

Study groups in NCT07713836
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Condition 1: Pantry, MTG, No-prep meals, Culinary classes, and SMSExperimentalPantry provisions, meal kits, no-prep meals, culinary nutrition classes, and text messages
Receives: Behavioral: Meal kits; Behavioral: No-prep meals; Behavioral: Culinary nutrition classes; Behavioral: Text messages
Condition 2: Pantry, MTG, No-prep meals, and Culinary classesExperimentalPantry provisions, meal kits, no-prep meals, and culinary nutrition classes
Receives: Behavioral: Meal kits; Behavioral: No-prep meals; Behavioral: Culinary nutrition classes
Condition 3: Pantry, MTG, No-prep meals, and SMSExperimentalPantry provisions, meal kits, no-prep meals, and text messages
Receives: Behavioral: Meal kits; Behavioral: No-prep meals; Behavioral: Text messages
Condition 4: Pantry, MTG, and No-prep mealsExperimentalPantry provisions, meal kits, and no-prep meals
Receives: Behavioral: Meal kits; Behavioral: No-prep meals
Condition 5: Pantry, MTG, Culinary classes, and SMSExperimentalPantry provisions, meal kits, culinary nutrition classes, and text messages
Receives: Behavioral: Meal kits; Behavioral: Culinary nutrition classes; Behavioral: Text messages
Condition 6: Pantry, MTG, and Culinary classesExperimentalPantry provisions, meal kits, and culinary nutrition classes
Receives: Behavioral: Meal kits; Behavioral: Culinary nutrition classes
Condition 7: Pantry, MTG, and SMSExperimentalPantry provisions, meal kits, and text messages
Receives: Behavioral: Meal kits; Behavioral: Text messages
Condition 8: Pantry and MTGExperimentalPantry provisions and meal kits
Receives: Behavioral: Meal kits
Condition 9: Pantry, No-prep meals, Culinary classes, and SMSExperimentalPantry provisions, no-prep meals, culinary nutrition classes and text messages
Receives: Behavioral: No-prep meals; Behavioral: Culinary nutrition classes; Behavioral: Text messages
Condition 10: Pantry, No-prep meals, and Culinary classesExperimentalPantry provisions, no-prep meals, and culinary nutrition classes
Receives: Behavioral: No-prep meals; Behavioral: Culinary nutrition classes
Condition 11: Pantry, No-prep meals, and SMSExperimentalPantry provisions, no-prep meals, and text messages
Receives: Behavioral: No-prep meals; Behavioral: Text messages
Condition 12: Pantry and No-prep mealsExperimentalPantry provisions and no-prep meals
Receives: Behavioral: No-prep meals
Condition 13: Pantry, Culinary classes, and SMSExperimentalPantry provisions, culinary nutrition classes, and text messages
Receives: Behavioral: Culinary nutrition classes; Behavioral: Text messages
Condition 14: Pantry and Culinary classesExperimentalPantry provisions and culinary nutrition classes
Receives: Behavioral: Culinary nutrition classes
Condition 15: Pantry and SMSExperimentalPantry provisions and text messages
Receives: Behavioral: Text messages
Condition 16: Pantry onlyNo interventionPantry provisions

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Diet

    24-hour recall based on recommendations from the National Cancer Institute and prior evidence suggesting feasibility and validity of the measure with Spanish speakers. Diet will be assessed using 24-hour recall administered via the Automated Self-Administered 24-hour Dietary Assessment Tool (ASA24) in English and Spanish. Will be used to calculate a Healthy Eating Index (HEI) score. The HEI is a scale from 0 to 100.

    Measured: Recorded at baseline (Appt 1, prior to randomization), midpoint (Appt 2, month 3), immediately following the intervention period (Appt 3, month 6), and three months post-intervention (Appt 4, month 9).

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Household food security

    Measured using the USDA 6-item household food security survey and will be treated as a continuous variable if normally distributed or a categorical variable if data is non-normal. Categorical scoring will be based on USDA recommendations (0-1 affirmative responses = high or marginal food security, 2-4 = low food security, 5-6 = very low food security).

    Measured: Recorded at baseline (Appt 1, prior to randomization), midpoint (Appt 2, month 3), immediately following the intervention period (Appt 3, month 6), and three months post-intervention (Appt 4, month 9).

  2. Percent body weight change

    Will be calculated as (Baseline weight minus follow-up weight) / (Baseline weight) x 100. Height and weight will be measured using an externally validated and calibrated Tanita DC-240MA scale.

    Measured: Recorded at baseline (Appt 1, prior to randomization), midpoint (Appt 2, month 3), immediately following the intervention period(Appt 3, month 6), and three months post-intervention (Appt 4, month 9).

  3. Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c)

    Will be measured using the externally validated point-of-care instrument, DCA VantageAnalyzer (1μl finger stick, nonfasting). This method has been implemented in food pantries and is less invasive and more cost effective than a venous blood draw.

    Measured: Recorded at baseline (Appt 1, prior to randomization), midpoint (Appt 2, month 3), immediately following the intervention period(Appt 3, month 6), and three months post-intervention (Appt 4, month 9).

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted20 Jul 2026
  2. Study startJan 2027 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionFeb 2031 (estimated)
  4. Study completionFeb 2031 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Factorial
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
400 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07713836
Sponsor's protocol ID
STUDY00006929
Other IDs
1R01DK145891-01
Acronym
NOURISH
Status last verified
Jul 2026
First submitted
8 Jul 2026
Last updated
19 Oct 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Meal kits, No-prep meals and Culinary nutrition classes in people with Diabete Type 2 and Obesity & Overweight, run by Tufts University at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact NICHE Lab Team (‪(469) 240-9112‬, niche@tufts.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Diet (time frame: Recorded at baseline (Appt 1, prior to randomization), midpoint (Appt 2, month 3), immediately following the intervention period (Appt 3, month 6), and three months post-intervention (Appt 4, month 9).). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Oct 2026.

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