Clinical trials: Food Security
Food Security
Novel Intervention to Improve Food Insecurity Among Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder
The adverse consequences of illicit opioid use (e.g., overdose, premature death) are the focus of intensive research efforts. However, other serious health problems among individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) have received…
- Trial name
- NCT06374303
- Testing
- NE + Meal Delivery (NE+MD) intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Tobacco Cessation, Tobacco Dependence
FRESH Delivers: An Innovative Approach to Reducing Tobacco Use Among Rural Smokers
The long-term goal of FRESH Delivers is to fill a critical gap in knowledge on the role of a home-based food delivery social intervention in the elimination of tobacco-caused cancer health burdens.
- Conditions
- Tobacco Cessation, Tobacco Dependence, Food Security
- Trial name
- NCT05429892
- Testing
- Smoking cessation counseling and food delivery, Smoking cessation counseling, Food delivery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 540 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Food Insecurity, Carotenoid Status
Produce Prescriptions and Veggie Meter Scores for College Food Security
The goal of this pilot intervention study is to learn if providing weekly produce boxes helps college students who struggle to afford healthy food. It will also test if this program is practical to run on a college campus.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Carotenoid Status, Produce Prescription
- Trial name
- NCT07511699
- Testing
- Produce boxes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Nutrition, Healthy, Hunger
Maximizing Nutrition Education to Meet Dietary and Food Security of Children and Parents
Food insecurity and low diet quality are persistent problems linked with chronic disease and poor health among limited-resource children and adults using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Healthy, Hunger, Diet, Healthy, Food Habits
- Trial name
- NCT05196763
- Testing
- the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), Malnutrition
Income Generation, Food and Nutrient Security for Improved Livelihoods and Health Outcomes Among HIV-Positive, Kenya
The goal of this trial is to evaluate whether cassava root and sesame seed granules combined with nutrition education can improve the nutritional status of HIV-seropositive adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07620197
- Testing
- Arm1 - Cassava root and (sesame) simsim seed granules, Nutrition education
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Maseno University
Adolescent Behavior, Health Behavior
Exploring Enhanced HFP to Reduce Child Marriage in Bangladesh
Child marriage leads to pregnancy in adolescence, a root cause of both malnutrition and the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Health Behavior, Marriage Age
- Trial name
- NCT04758169
- Testing
- Enhanced Homestead Food Production, Control
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helen Keller International
Food Security, Nutritive Value
Voices for Food: Food Policy Councils, Food Security and Healthy Food Choices
This study evaluates the effectiveness of coaching and Voices for Food materials on establishing Food Policy Councils (FPCs) and using guided client choice in rural food pantries to improve food security and diet quality among…
- Trial name
- VFF (NCT03566095)
- Testing
- Coaching and Voices for Food Kit, Voices for Food Kit
- Volunteers
- 1,735 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- South Dakota State University
Cardio Vascular Disease, Cerebro Vascular Disease
Qungasvik (Toolbox)-Healthy Hearts: A Cultural Approach to Reducing Chronic Disease Risk
Due to the extreme remoteness, transportation challenges, and lack of access to clinical care, the delivery of preventative health interventions in rural Alaska Native communities is a top tribal priority.
- Conditions
- Cardio Vascular Disease, Cerebro Vascular Disease, Mental Health, Chronic Disease (Physical)
- Trial name
- AK CEAL EI (NCT07829341)
- Testing
- Qungasvik-Healthy Hearts
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
Protein Malabsorption, Nutritional Deficiency
Bioavailability of Proteins From Plant Based Diets
Proteins play an important role as structural and functional components for the human body and prevent stunting. Protein quality has a great importance in meeting the nutritional needs of populations across the world throughout…
- Conditions
- Protein Malabsorption, Nutritional Deficiency, Nutritional Stunting
- Trial name
- NCT04866927
- Testing
- Use of stable isotopic dilution to assess protein digestibility from Faba bean and to evaluate amino acid bioavailability
- Where
- Morocco
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Atomic Energy Agency
Chronic Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis, Meals
Restorative and Supportive Meals at HomeCare
The pilot intervention study is designed to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a tailored medical nutrition therapy (MNT) meal-delivery for 25 elderly, low-income food insecure patients with end-stage kidney disease…
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis, Meals, Medical Nutrition Therapy
- Trial name
- RASA (NCT07283926)
- Testing
- Medical Nutrition Therapy + Meal Delivery
- Where
- 4 sites in Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Food Insecurity Among Children
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - VA
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EDECHVA (NCT04218747)
- Testing
- VA 365 Demonstration Benefits
- Volunteers
- 4,750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Food Insecurity, Pregnancy Related
Food and Nutrition Insecurity During Pregnancy in French Guiana
This is a cross-sectional study of a representative sample of women who gave birth in the 3 maternity hospitals of French Guiana.
- Trial name
- NutriPouTiMoun (NCT05653128)
- Where
- 3 sites in French Guiana
- Volunteers
- 788 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne
Type 2 Diabetes
Pathway for Produce Prescriptions in Diabetes Management
Fruit and vegetable (FV) intake decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and is important for T2D management but is difficult to achieve in adequate amounts for those with a low- income.
- Trial name
- PPT2D (NCT06058338)
- Testing
- Produce Prescription
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
Food Insecurity, Food Insecurity Among Children
Giving Healthy Meal Kits and Cooking Lessons to Rural Families With Food Insecurity.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if providing healthy meal kits to food insecure families can help lessen the social and emotional impacts of food insecurity on kids and their caregivers in rural Maine.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Food Insecurity Among Children, Social Emotional Wellness, Caregiver Stress
- Trial name
- NCT06869993
- Testing
- Meal Kit plus Mobile Culinary Medicine Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- MaineHealth
Heart Failure
Medically Used Tailored Traditional Food to Optimize Nutrition in Heart Failure
Study subjects with heart failure will receive either pre-prepared, home-delivered DASH/SRD-compliant meals incorporating local Navajo traditional foods or usual care for 60 days (14 meals weekly).
- Trial name
- MUTTON-HF (NCT06549699)
- Testing
- Medically Tailored Meal Program with Traditional Navajo Foods, Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 206 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Diet, Healthy, Pregnancy
Hearty Meals for Mom- Pilot Study of Meal Delivery for Cardiometabolic Health During Pregnancy
This study is being done to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of a meal delivery intervention designed to improve diet quality and promote appropriate gestational weight gain among predominantly Black…
- Trial name
- NCT05512247
- Testing
- Meal Delivery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Integrated Community-based Intervention Package, Breastfeeding, Exclusive
An Integrated Community-based Intervention Package in Improving Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes
This study aims to improve maternal, neonatal and infant health outcomes through an integrated community-based intervention package in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.
- Conditions
- Integrated Community-based Intervention Package, Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Morbidity;Newborn, Complementary Feeding
- Trial name
- ICBIP-MNH) (NCT05517577)
- Testing
- Behaviour Change Communication and Male involvement intervention
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 624 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jimma University
Food Security, Poverty
Sustainability of Impacts of Cash Transfers, Food Transfers, and Behavior Change Communication in Bangladesh
This study assesses the sustainability of impacts, 4 years post-program, from a pilot safety net program that was implemented from May 2012-April 2014.
- Conditions
- Food Security, Poverty, Child Nutrition, Child Development
- Trial name
- TMRI (NCT03810300)
- Testing
- Cash transfer, Food transfer, Food and cash transfer
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Eating, Anxiety
Ultra-Processing and Nutritional Quality: Glycemic Response, Appetite, Dietary Energy Intake, and Eating Rate
The UPGRADE Study will examine how food-processing level and nutritional quality affect energy intake, eating rate, satiety, and glycemic response.
- Conditions
- Eating, Anxiety, Ultra Processed Food
- Trial name
- UPGRADE (NCT07808892)
- Testing
- Test Meals Differing in Processing Level and Nutritional Quality
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ariel University
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Pilot Trial of the Nutrition-Supported Diabetes Education Program
This is a pragmatic, pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Nutrition-Supported Diabetes Education Program (NU-DSMP). This study will test the feasibility and preliminary impact of providing diabetes-tailored food support…
- Trial name
- NU-DSMP (NCT05067452)
- Testing
- Food support, Case-management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco