Clinical trials: Food Security
Food Insecurity, Pregnancy
Feasibility of an ADAPTive Intervention to Improve Food Security and Maternal-Child Health
Food insecurity affects up to 30% of pregnancies and leads to worse health in pregnant people and their children, including an increased risk of gestational diabetes, pre-term birth, and future cardiometabolic chronic conditions…
- Trial name
- ADAPT-MCH (NCT06942598)
- Testing
- Produce prescription, Medically tailored meals, Electronic health record WIC referral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
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
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
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
Diet, Healthy, Food Security
Food Pantry Client and Staff Preferences for Nutritious no Prep Ready-to-eat Meals
The specific aims of this pilot study are: Aim 1) To identify whether no prep ready to eat meals (intervention) or ingredient bundles (control) have higher client acceptability, liking, satisfaction, and perceived diet quality…
- Trial name
- NCT05593510
- Testing
- No prep ready-to-eat meals, Ingredient bundles (e.g. meal kits)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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
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
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
Healthy Food Choice, Incentives
SUPERSTARS: Supermarket Support for a Primary Care Healthy Food Prescription
Few Americans meet dietary recommendations. Poor diet is a major contributor to increasing prevalence of diabetes and obesity, which are negatively impacting long term health, quality of life, and healthcare costs, particularly…
- Conditions
- Healthy Food Choice, Incentives, Low Income Population, Rural Health
- Trial name
- SUPERSTARS (NCT07021391)
- Testing
- Primary care healthy food prescription plus incentive
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New England
Nutrition Poor, Physical Inactivity
Digital Nutrition Intervention for Older Adults
The "digital divide" or gap in technological access and knowledge, for older adults has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to disruptions in services like congregate meal programs funded by the Older Americans Act.
- Conditions
- Nutrition Poor, Physical Inactivity, Social Isolation
- Trial name
- NCT05220631
- Testing
- Technology intervention, Digital Nutrition Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 369 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at San Antonio
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
Mental Health Issue, Food Security
Targeting Access and Knowledge of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Utilization and Policies
The earned income tax credit (EITC) is the largest United States poverty alleviation program, providing up to $6,600 for working families as a tax refund.
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue, Food Security, Well-being
- Trial name
- TAKE-UP (NCT06146621)
- Testing
- Low-touch text messaging, Personal tax filing support, Information about free tax-filing support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
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
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
Food Supply
Scale up of Enhanced Homestead Food Production in Cambodia
This project is a delayed pragmatic delayed-intervention cluster randomized control study in a subset of households (n=600) enrolled in a larger scale up program of enhanced homestead food production (EHFP) in Cambodia.
- Trial name
- NCT02786368
- Testing
- Control group, EHFP group
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,318 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Educational Problems
Food Safety, Security and Waste Prevention Intervention on the KAB-P Approach of University Students
The goal of this clinical trial is aimed to examine the effect of food safety and security and waste reduction education on the knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and practices of undergraduates.
- Trial name
- NCT05877495
- Testing
- Nutritional Education Intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
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
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
Obesity, Food Insecurity
TARGETing Healthy Weight Loss in the Context of Food Insecurity
This pilot and feasibility study will collect information from food insecure, as well as food secure, women with obesity to detail their desires and needs for healthy weight reduction.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Body Weight
- Trial name
- TARGET P&F I (NCT05601804)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Cardiovascular Diseases
Designing Food Voucher Programs to Reduce Disparities in Healthy Diets
Improving diets through increased food and vegetable (F\&V) consumption significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
- Trial name
- CHIVES (NCT02843178)
- Testing
- Vouchers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 359 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University