Clinical trials: Food Assistance
Infertility
Food Intake Among Women and Men in Fertility Treatment
Worldwide infertility is highly prevalent and lifestyle factors, such as food intake, could have an essential role in the success of a fertility treatment.
- Trial name
- Food&Fertility (NCT05454046)
- Testing
- Food intake among women and men in fertility treatment
- Where
- 8 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University Hospital
Nutritional Quality of Food Purchases
Pilot Study on Community Gardens and Food Purchases in Deprived Neighborhood (Marseille, France)
The pilot study aims to investigate the place of fresh garden produce in the food supply and food practices of women in community gardens of deprived neighborhoods of Marseille, reputed to be among the poorest in the European…
- Trial name
- NCT03175575
- Testing
- Access to a community garden in deprived neighborhoods
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Child Malnutrition
Food Aid Quality Review: Feasibility and Acceptability Study of Corn Soy Blend and Fortified Vegetable Oil in Malawi
This research will test alternative methods of ensuring compliance with recommended preparation and targeting of supplementary foods for malnourished children under five years of age.
- Trial name
- FAQR-Malawi (NCT01873196)
- Testing
- Receive extra oil, Receives behavior changed messages on CSB package
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 6,811 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
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
Diet, Healthy
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - CN DietQual
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EDECHCNDIETQ (NCT04318873)
- Testing
- Packed Promise Demonstration Benefits
- Volunteers
- 4,750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Malnutrition
Effectiveness of Targeting Food Aid to Malnourished Children Compared to Targeting All Children Under Two Years
The objective of this study is to compare two approaches to targeting donated supplementary food to young children. The study compares the effectiveness of the widely-used curative approach where targeting is based on the child's…
- Trial name
- NCT00210418
- Testing
- Fortified food rations, Education and communication to improve feeding practices
- Where
- Haiti
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Moderate Acute Malnutrition
Comparison of Four Different Supplementary Foods in the Treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition
The research seeks to determine the relative effectiveness and cost effectiveness of alternative supplementary foods in the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in normal program settings.
- Trial name
- NCT03146897
- Testing
- Supplementary Food
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 2,691 people
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Parkinson Disease, Deglutition Disorders
Describe to Better Understand, the Mealtime of People With Parkinson's Disease Dependent on Food Intake
The main objective is to describe strategies (verbal, non-verbal (gesture, intonation), and environmental), designed and used by the assisting/aided dyad to feed a dysphagic dependent person by articulating the safe and hedonic…
- Trial name
- AideAlimPark (NCT05898139)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Anemia
Feasibility and Effectiveness of Distributing Micronutrient Sprinkles to Reduce Prevalence of Anemia
The objective of this study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of distributing micronutrient sprinkles to 6-20 month old children participating in an integrated maternal and child health and nutrition program in rural…
- Trial name
- NCT00210405
- Testing
- "Sprinkles" containing mulitple micronutrients, Education/communication on use of micronutrient sprinkles, Fortified food aid (corn-soy blend)
- Where
- Haiti
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Nutritional Quality, Food Insecurity
Grocery Assistance Program Study for Families
An experimental trial will be conducted whereby a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-like food benefit program will be implemented in 240 SNAP eligible households.
- Conditions
- Nutritional Quality, Food Insecurity, Food Legislation, Healthy Diet
- Trial name
- NCT03363048
- Testing
- Restricted, Restriction plus Incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 646 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Developmental Disability, Food Assistance
Integrating WIC With Early Childhood Systems of Developmental Care
This study's goals are to improve connections between Oregon Women, Infants, \& Children (WIC) clinics, primary care providers, and Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education programs (EI/ECSE), in order to help…
- Conditions
- Developmental Disability, Food Assistance, Health Care Disparity
- Trial name
- CDC-WIC (NCT04159038)
- Testing
- Intervention Group, Control group
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Child Malnutrition
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Four Formulations of Food Supplements for the Prevention of Wasting and Stunting in Burkina Faso
This research will serve as a follow-up on the review of Title II commodities performed by the Food Aid Quality Review at Tufts University in October 2011.
- Trial name
- FAQR-Burkina (NCT02071563)
- Testing
- CSB14, RUSF1, SC+
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 6,039 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Diet
Increasing Affordable Fruits and Vegetables for Families With Food Insecurity
Investigator will test an intervention to increase use of a fruit and vegetable incentive program in South Carolina for families in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) experiencing food insecurity.
- Trial name
- NCT06828445
- Testing
- Veggie Vouchers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 296 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Malnutrition
Comparison of an Alternative Therapeutic Food for the International Food Aid Market to a Standard Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) for the Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children
In this clinical non-inferiority trial, two foods will be compared for the treatment of SAM, testing the hypothesis that the difference in recovery rates and growth between the two test groups will be no greater than 5 percent.
- Trial name
- NCT03407326
- Testing
- Alternative RUTF, Standard RUTF
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 1,568 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, Deficiency, Vitamin A
Newly Formulated, Extruded Fortified-blended Foods for Food Aid: the MFFAPP Tanzania Efficacy Study
Corn-soy vitamin and mineral fortified blended foods (FBFs) are primarily used for food aid, although sorghum and cowpea may be suitable alternative FBF commodities.
- Trial name
- NCT02847962
- Testing
- Corn Soy Blend Plus (CSB+), Corn Soy Blend 14 (CSB14), White Sorghum Cowpea Blend Variety 1
- Volunteers
- 2,179 people
- Sponsor
- Kansas State University
Malnutrition, Undernutrition
Canned Herring for Prevention of Childhood Malnutrition During the Early Rainy Season in Rural Guinea-Bissau
This study will test the effectiveness of a weekly village distribution of canned herring for prevention of malnutrition in children aged 2-5 years old during a food-insecure time of the year in rural villages in Guinea-Bissau.
- Trial name
- NCT02496247
- Testing
- Canned Herring
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Global Food & Nutrition Inc.
Stroke, Relatives
Survey of Lifelong Food and Nutrition Assistance (LIFANA) in Stroke Patients and Caregivers
Many elderly suffer from nutritional problems that can cause (or can be caused by) a number of complications such as weakened immune systems and chronic health conditions (diabetes type 2, high blood pressure, cardiovascular…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Relatives, Diet Modification
- Trial name
- NCT03635476
- Testing
- Qualitative interview study
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cereneo AG
Peanut Allergies
Flow CAST® Peanut Trial
This will be a multi-center, prospective evaluation, conducted at a minimum of four (4) U.S. sites. Sites will enroll peanut allergic subjects, subjects with allergies other than peanut and apparently healthy non-atopic control…
- Trial name
- NCT07775430
- Testing
- Basophil activation test
- Volunteers
- 245 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bühlmann Laboratories AG
Food Insecurity Among Children
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - KY
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EDECHKY (NCT04283344)
- Testing
- KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits
- Volunteers
- 4,504 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Allergy Testing, Peanut Allergies
BÜHLMANN BAT (Basophil Activation Test) in Allergy Diagnosis (Exploratory Pilot Study)
The goal of this exploratory pilot study is to generate early data needed for future validation studies of the automated BÜHLMANN BAT (Basophil activation test) assay.
- Conditions
- Allergy Testing, Peanut Allergies, Venom Allergy, House Dust Mite Allergy
- Trial name
- NCT07596303
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Bühlmann Laboratories AG