Clinical trials: Food Insecurity
Food Insecurity Among Children
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - NV
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EDECHNV (NCT04253743)
- Testing
- Nevada Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Demonstration Benefits
- Volunteers
- 7,246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Poverty, Low Income, Food Insecurity, Undernutrition
Impact Evaluation of Agribusiness Support and Nutrition Services Projects in Upper Egypt
This project seeks to evaluate the impact of two USAID-funded projects that are implemented in rural Upper Egypt. The first project is the Feed the Future Egypt, Food-Security and Agribusiness Support (FAS) project; the second…
- Trial name
- NCT03336021
- Testing
- FAS program
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Hypertension, Food Insecurity
DASH Diet Intervention for Systemic Hypertension in Adolescents
Parallel randomized clinical trial comparing DASH produce home delivery to routine care for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension in adolescents.
- Trial name
- DISH (NCT06616818)
- Testing
- DASH-FV, nutrition counselling only
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Nutrition Assessment, Food Insecurity
Developing a Nutrition Support Assessment Tool
The research team developed the Nutrition Support Assessment Tool (NSAT) that incorporates key patient life information (e.g., ability to cook, access to refrigerator/stove, medical conditions and nutritional status) to…
- Trial name
- NSAT (NCT06450860)
- Testing
- Nutrition Interventions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Food Insecurity, Non-use of Existing State-wide SNAP Incentive Program
Evaluating Use of a Farmers Market Incentive Program Among Low-Income Health Center Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a brief clinic-based educational intervention on utilization of Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB)-a Michigan-wide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) healthy food…
- Trial name
- NCT02558660
- Testing
- Education, voucher
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 177 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
HIV, Food Insecurity
Tailored Nutrition and Food Security Interventions in Comprehensive HIV Care
The study hypothesizes that one form of food supplement to HIV-infected individuals in Haiti (ready-to-use-supplementary food) will result in improved HIV, nutrition and quality of life outcomes when compared to a second type of…
- Conditions
- HIV, Food Insecurity, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT02095613
- Testing
- traditional food, food that is nutrient dense
- Where
- Haiti
- Volunteers
- 623 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Obesity
Upgrade the Grains Study: Increasing Whole Grain Consumption in Low-income Children With Obesity
This study will assess the impact of a randomized intervention aimed at increasing consumption of whole grain foods among children from low-income households that participate in the Special Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or…
- Trial name
- NCT02719730
- Testing
- Reimbursement for whole grain purchases
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Uncontrolled Hypertension
Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial to Reduce Food Insecurity
Food insecurity affects 20% of the 116 million people in the US with hypertension and is associated with poor adherence to evidence-based treatments and disparities in hypertension outcomes.
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT07031739)
- Testing
- Resource information, Community Health Worker (CHW) assistance, Medically-tailored Meals (MTM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 224 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Food Insecurity
Fresh Truck Pilot to Reduce Food Insecurity in a Medicaid ACO
This research is a randomized pilot study of an intervention to address food insecurity among intermediate risk Boston Accountable Care Organization (BACO) members receiving primary care at Boston Medical Center (BMC).
- Trial name
- NCT04017624
- Testing
- Fresh Truck with stipend, THRIVE screening and referral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Diet, Healthy, Health Behavior
A Food As Medicine Approach to Address Food Insecurity in Rural North Carolina
Increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, and reducing saturated fat, salt, and added sugar are central lifestyle recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to prevent chronic disease.
- Conditions
- Diet, Healthy, Health Behavior, Blood Pressure, Diabetes Mellitus Risk
- Trial name
- NCT07221045
- Testing
- PhytoRx Families: A Pilot Test to Address Food Security in Rural North Carolina
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University
Food Selection, Food Preferences
Feasibility and Impact of the FOOD4MOMS Produce Prescription Program Among Pregnant Latina Women
The study will include women enrolled during the second trimester of pregnancy who will be provided with a specific amount per month for 10 months to purchase produce.
- Conditions
- Food Selection, Food Preferences, Food Insecurity
- Trial name
- FOOD4MOMS (NCT05907616)
- Testing
- Produce purchase incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 154 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Food Insecurity
YK Delta Food Box Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand if monthly food support increases food security in food insecure households. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does monthly food support increase household food security?…
- Trial name
- NCT07220291
- Testing
- Food support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Food Insecurity, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Addressing Disparities in Food Access Among Young Children in Louisiana: A Farm to ECE Approach
The goal of this pilot project is to increase access to healthy food, improve diets, and reduce food insecurity and, in turn, reduce health disparities among low-income, minority children under the age of five attending early…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Nutrition, Healthy
- Trial name
- FarmtoECE (NCT05745376)
- Testing
- Farm to ECE programming
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 228 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xavier University of Louisiana.
Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Healthy Diet
SNAP Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Program Digital Promotions for Farmers' Markets
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of digital promotions of a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fruit and vegetable incentive program on SNAP participant patronage and sales at farmers' markets.
- Conditions
- Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Healthy Diet, Food Insecurity
- Trial name
- NCT04458350
- Testing
- Digital Promotions Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 251,966 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Food Selection, Obesity
A Default Option for Health: Improving Nutrition Within the Financial and Geographic Constraints of Food Insecurity
Food insecurity is associated with an increased risk of obesity. The availability of a default option (i.e., option a consumer selects if no active choice is made) has been shown to effectively nudge consumer behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT04186533
- Testing
- Default Option, Nutrition Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University at Albany
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health in Tavua, Fiji
Ambient air temperatures in Fiji are increasing due to climate change. Solutions are needed to build heat resilience in communities and adapt.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT07592117
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- Fiji
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Gender-based Violence, Adherence
Impacts of Clean Cookstoves and Empowerment Training on Women's Health in Refugee Settings
The main objective of this study is to understand the links and outcomes of adoption of a cleaner cookstove/fuel and exposure to a personal empowerment training on women's health outcomes in a Congolese refugee camp in Rwanda…
- Conditions
- Gender-based Violence, Adherence, Mental Health Wellness 1, Empowerment
- Trial name
- NCT04081441
- Testing
- Inyenyeri clean cookstove and fuel system, I-ACT (Individual, Agency-Centered Training) workshop
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 1,555 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Food Insecurity, Healthy Eating
Optimization Trial to Empower sElection of Nutritious Foods
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic youth compared to their White peers. Although prediabetes can rapidly progress, youth who maintain or lose weight are able to revert the condition.
- Trial name
- OPT-TEEN (NCT07815015)
- Testing
- Video Tutorial, Delivery Fee Waiver, Youth-led Wellness Program
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- New York University
Food Security
Food Insecurity and Eating Behavior Among Adults Receiving Buprenorphine or Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Pilot Study 2
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of a novel, mail-based meal delivery intervention among individuals receiving MOUD on household food security status.
- Trial name
- NCT07251283
- Testing
- NE + Meal Delivery (NE+MD) intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Obesity & Overweight
Trial of Food Is Medicine Approaches for Obesity Treatment in Adults With Food Insecurity
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if increased access to healthy foods, combined with behavioral weight loss (BWL) interventions, results in greater weight loss for adults with obesity and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EatWell Rx (NCT07396805)
- Testing
- BWL, VOUCHER, HOME
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University