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Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol SpecificNCT00301678

Personalized Nutrition Education in Improving Eating Habits of Healthy Participants Who Eat an Unhealthy Diet

A study testing behavioral dietary intervention, educational intervention and preventative dietary intervention in people with Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific, run by Brown University at 1 site in United States.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Decreasing the amount of fat in the diet and increasing fruit, vegetable, and fiber intake may help prevent some types of cancer. Giving participants easy-to-read personalized written nutrition materials and a personalized videotape may help improve eating habits. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
What is being tested?
behavioral dietary intervention, educational intervention and preventative dietary intervention
How many people
2,520 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jun 2001to not given
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Healthy participants who eat an unhealthy diet
  • Employee at a work site

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Able to speak and read English
  • Not pregnant
  • No acute or chronic medical condition that would prevent making basic healthful dietary changes
  • Not already on healthy diet
  • No significant visual and/or hearing impairments
  • Not from the same household as another participant in this study

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • Not specified

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Brown University School of Medicine

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903

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About this study

Official title: Innovative Video Tailoring for Dietary Change

RATIONALE: Decreasing the amount of fat in the diet and increasing fruit, vegetable, and fiber intake may help prevent some types of cancer. Giving participants easy-to-read personalized written nutrition materials and a personalized videotape may help improve eating habits.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well personalized nutrition education improves the eating habits of healthy participants who eat an unhealthy diet.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Develop and test an innovative intervention (tailored "take-home" video tapes with accompanying low literacy tailored written materials) to help participants improve their eating habits, particularly decreasing fat and increasing fiber, fruit, and vegetable intake.
  • Determine the feasibility and acceptability of the above approach with work sites using process measures.
  • Conduct a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of this approach in achieving dietary change relevant to cancer prevention, as compared to written tailored materials only or usual care materials.
  • Compare the differential costs of the above educational approaches.
  • Study cognitive/behavioral (psychosocial) factors associated with decreasing fat and increasing fruit and vegetable consumption.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, controlled study.

Nutrition education materials will be mailed out in 3 different sets and will vary depending on which of three experimental conditions the company is assigned. The groups are: Non-Tailored Written (NT), Tailored Written (TW) , or Tailored Written and Video (TV).

  • Group 1 (non-tailored written): Employee receives three sets of written information on nutrition and other health topics by mail. Upon completion of th study, participants in this group will receive a packet of written nutrition materials similar to what the other study groups received.
  • Group 2 (tailored written): Employee receives three sets of tailored written nutrition materials in the mail. These written materials will be designed especially for each employee. They will be based on their answers to the first telephone survey, and from two later brief sets of questions.
  • Group 3 (tailored written and video): Employee receives three sets of written nutrition materials and three videos or DVDs in the mail. The written materials and the video/DVD will be designed especially for each employee. They will be based on their answers to the first telephone survey and from two later brief sets of questions.

All participants receive booster intervention materials by mail at 2 and 4 months after baseline, following the same procedures as before. Participants receive follow-up telephone calls at 4 and 8 months after baseline.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 2,520 participants will be accrued for this study.

Being tested
behavioral dietary intervention, educational intervention, preventative dietary intervention
Keywords
unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific

What participants receive

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

  • behavioral dietary interventionBehavioural

  • educational interventionOther

  • preventative dietary interventionOther

What is being measured

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

  1. Dietary assessment by modified Family Habits Questionnaire (FHQ), FVFQ, and Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) at baseline, 4 months, and 8 months

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Mediators and moderators of behavioral change by adapted scales for stage of change, self-efficacy, barriers, and facilitators at baseline, 4 months, and 8 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted13 Mar 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2001

Resources

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
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Enrolment
2,520 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00301678
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000453539
Other IDs
BUSM -0348-03, RWMC-0348-03
Status last verified
May 2007
First submitted
9 Mar 2006
Last updated
17 Sep 2013
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Gans KM, Risica PM, Dulin-Keita A, Mello J, Dawood M, Strolla LO, Harel O. Innovative video tailoring for dietary change: final results of the Good for you! cluster randomized trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2015 Oct 7;12:130. doi: 10.1186/s12966-015-0282-5.

    PubMed 26445486

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing behavioral dietary intervention, educational intervention and preventative dietary intervention in people with Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific, run by Brown 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?

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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 17 Sep 2013. 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Dietary assessment by modified Family Habits Questionnaire (FHQ), FVFQ, and Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) at baseline, 4 months, and 8 months. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00301678, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 17 Sep 2013.

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