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
Financial Wellbeing, Psychological Distress
Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to learn if receipt of a guaranteed income works to reduce financial hardship and improve quality of life. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Financial Wellbeing, Psychological Distress, Physical Functioning, Housing
- Trial name
- BIG:LEAP (NCT07200648)
- Testing
- Unconditional cash transfer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8,194 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
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
HIV
Comparing Food and Cash Assistance for HIV-Positive Men and Women on Antiretroviral Therapy in Tanzania
The importance of good nutrition and food security among people living with HIV infection (PLHIV) is widely recognized. In resource-constrained settings, food insecurity is increasingly recognized as an important barrier to…
- Trial name
- NCT01957917
- Testing
- NAC (Nutritional Assessment and Counseling), Cash Transfer, Food Assistance
- Where
- 4 sites in Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Health Disparities, Food Security
The Effect of Work Requirements in SNAP in Virginia
More than a dozen states have proposed or plan to implement work requirements in Medicaid, and similar requirements already exist nationally in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), yet evidence on the effects…
- Trial name
- NCT04888832
- Testing
- Work requirement exemption months
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
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
Smoking Cessation
Smartphone-delivered Automated Video-assisted Smoking Treatment for Patrons of a Food Resource Center
The proposed pilot study seeks to address the smoking cessation treatment needs of underserved smokers with limited resources by evaluating the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a smartphone delivered automated…
- Trial name
- AVAST-FRC (NCT03060278)
- Testing
- Self-help materials, nicotine patch, Smartphone-delivered automated treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
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
Social Perception, Psychology
"Why do the Recommendations Keep Changing?" A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Scrollytelling Web Application to Help Members of the Public Understand Better How and Why Public Health Guidelines Change Over Time
This study will be an online 3-arm randomized controlled trial. Here intervention group 1 will receive the intervention in the form of an animated cartoon "scrollytelling" outlining the various changes and reasons for changes in…
- Trial name
- Changing (NCT07091591)
- Testing
- Changing (version: pandemic), Changing (version: nutrition)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 525 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Laval University
Food Insecurity, Food Security
The Indiana SNAP-Ed Long-term Study
The goal of the study is to determine the immediate and long-term effects of SNAP-Ed on the food insecurity of the entire household, household adults, and household children.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Food Security, Education
- Trial name
- NCT03436589
- Testing
- Indiana SNAP-Ed
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 575 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
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
Diabetes, HIV/AIDS
Food Assistance, Diabetes, and HIV
Diabetes prevalence is increasing among people living with HIV (PLWH), yet blood glucose control is less successful in this population who are also often food insecure. Food assistance programs often provide nutrient-poor foods.
- Conditions
- Diabetes, HIV/AIDS, FOOD SECURITY
- Trial name
- BFED (NCT04045184)
- Testing
- Food assistance
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
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
Diet Habit
Healthfulness of Food From Grocery Stores Versus Eating Out Among People Receiving Food Benefits (SNAP)
The objective of this cross-sectional study was to characterize the dietary intake of SNAP participants and nonparticipants by food source, including grocery stores, sit-down restaurants, and fast food.
- Trial name
- SNAP (NCT03372213)
- Volunteers
- 4,237 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Systemic Nickel Allergic Syndrome
Telemedicine for SNAS Patients in COVID-19 Pandemic
Restrictions due to Covid-19 pandemic have brought negative social and psychological consequences on people and limited patients' access to hospital care.
- Trial name
- DISTANCE (NCT04894331)
- Testing
- Dietary intervention, Video call
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
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
Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes Mellitus
Community Paramedicine at Home
Community Paramedicine @Home (CP@Home) is a novel community paramedicine health assessment program for high users of Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Accidental Falls, Social Isolation
- Trial name
- CP@Home (NCT02835989)
- Testing
- CP@Home
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,826 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Type 2 Diabetes, Fatty Liver, Nonalcoholic
The Effects of a Novel Lifestyle Intervention Program on Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetes
Moderate weight reduction by a moderately hypocaloric very-low-fat diet resulted in normalization of fasting hyperglycemia and reversal of hepatic insulin resistance in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.
- Trial name
- CH_DDZ (NCT04509245)
- Testing
- Low-calorie diet supported by an app-guided digital education program, nutritional coaching calls via phone
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- German Diabetes Center