Clinical trials: Food Security
Childhood Obesity, Obesity
EBT Fruit and Vegetable Prescription
Eating Better Together is a 6-month pilot program that teaches families about healthy eating and activity and provides home deliveries of fresh fruits and vegetables from a local retail partner.
- Trial name
- NCT05028205
- Testing
- Prevention Plus
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Obesity, Childhood Obesity
Implementing Prevention Plus for Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Food Secure and Insecure Families
The ability of Prevention Plus to improve weight status when delivered by primary care providers is unknown, and the influence of household food security status as a moderator in the treatment of childhood obesity has never been…
- Trial name
- NCT02684214
- Testing
- Prevention Plus +, Prevention Plus -
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Stunting, Dietary Deficiency
Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia
The causes of malnutrition are complex and addressing the problem requires integrated action among various sectors. Globally, much attention has been given to nutrition-specific interventions to address the immediate causes of…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Dietary Deficiency, Anemia
- Trial name
- SURE (NCT04694898)
- Testing
- Standard programme, SURE intervention
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,292 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Feasibility Studies, Food Security
Healthy Food Subsidy Project in Chile
Feasibility Study Objective: The objective of this feasibility study is to develop and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a healthy food subsidy program within the Chilean context.
- Trial name
- NCT06865157
- Testing
- Healthy Wallet
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chile
Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorders
Intervening in Food Insecurity to Reduce and Mitigate (InFoRM) Childhood Obesity
The goals of this study are to 1) pilot the feasibility of a novel meal kit delivery intervention in families and children with food insecurity and obesity and 2) evaluate the implementation of the pilot intervention.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorders, Overnutrition, Child, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05586269
- Testing
- Meal Kit Delivery, Newsletter + Food Pantry Referral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Improving Pre-school Anthropometric Status, Improving Household Food Security
Transfer Modality Research Initiative - Bangladesh
This is a randomized control trial in two zones of Bangladesh (north and south). Treatment is assigned at the village level where treatments are: cash transfers (north and south); cash transfers + nutrition behavior communication…
- Conditions
- Improving Pre-school Anthropometric Status, Improving Household Food Security, Improving Maternal Nutrition Knowledge
- Trial name
- TMRI (NCT02237144)
- Testing
- Cash transfer, Food transfer, Food and cash transfer
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
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
Nutritional Wasting, Nutritional Stunting
Ifaa Effectiveness Evaluation on Food Security and Nutrition
The Ifaa Project is a USAID-funded Resilience and Food Security Activity (RFSA) that is being implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and partners in the East Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia.
- Trial name
- NCT05825716
- Testing
- Ifaa Basic, Ifaa Enhanced, Ifaa Enhanced + Livelihoods
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 3,317 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Food Insecurity
Fruit and Vegetable Rx (FVRx) + Home Plate
This is a research study to test if fruit and vegetable prescription vouchers (FVRx) and a cooking skills program (Home Plate) can improve dietary quality, food security (access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious…
- Trial name
- NCT04986046
- Testing
- Home Plate Lite, Home Plate, Fruit and Vegetable prescription
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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 Among Children
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - CN Food Sec
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EDECHCNFOODSEC (NCT04316819)
- Testing
- Packed Promise 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
Food Security
Fruit & Vegetable Provision Study
Fresh Families is a research study being conducted by the Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory at the UT Dept of Nutrition. The purpose of this study is to see which food provision strategy, paper vouchers or home delivery…
- Trial name
- NCT05502757
- Testing
- Fruit and vegetable provision
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Food Insecurity, Stunting
Scaling up Small-Scale Food Processing to Promote Food Security Among Women Farmers in Rural Vietnam
This repeated measures, cluster randomized, cohort trial design was carried out in three provinces in the northern mountainous area of Vietnam.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Stunting, Wasting, Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT03847662
- Volunteers
- 799 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Nutrition, Vietnam
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
Chronic Hepatitis b
Cross Sectional Survey on the Burden and Impacts of Chronic Hepatitis B in the Rural Area of Niakhar, Senegal
This study aims at estimating the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in rural Senegal (area of Niakhar) and at evaluating the associated burden in terms of both health-related and socio-economic consequences.
- Trial name
- AMBASS (NCT03215732)
- Testing
- HBV testing with dried blood spots (DBS) technique
- Where
- Senegal
- Volunteers
- 3,119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Nutrition Intervention, Healthy Eating
Improving Dietary Quality Through Animal Source Protein Accessibility in a Low-Resource Setting
Dietary quality is the lowest in the lifespan during childhood through adolescents, a period of rapid growth and development. Protein food recommendations and requirements for protein as a nutrient, along with other nutrients…
- Conditions
- Nutrition Intervention, Healthy Eating, Diet, Healthy, Hunger
- Trial name
- NCT07620028
- Testing
- Nutrition Secure Indianapolis Food Box Intervention, Nutrition Secure Indianapolis Nutrition Education
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Child Malnutrition, Breast Feeding
Community-based Nutrition Program Effectiveness Evaluation in Afghanistan
The study will be a mixed methods, two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial. The primary aim of this evaluation is to measure the effectiveness of the Community-Based Nutrition Package intervention on child feeding practices…
- Conditions
- Child Malnutrition, Breast Feeding, Nutrition
- Trial name
- NCT04133766
- Testing
- Community Based Nutrition Package (CNBP)
- Where
- 3 sites in Afghanistan
- Volunteers
- 4,076 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Adolescent Behavior, Sexual Behavior
Assessing the Preliminary Effects of a Multisectoral Agricultural Intervention on Adolescent Girls' Health
The goal of this study is to understand how the Shamba Maisha household agricultural and economic intervention impacts the sexual, reproductive, and nutritional health of adolescent girls.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Sexual Behavior, Reproductive Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03741634
- Testing
- Multi-sectoral agricultural intervention
- Where
- 16 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
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