Clinical trials: Food Security, open to volunteers
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)
Food Insecurity, Health Behavior
Food Access, Value, and Optimization of Resources
The main goal of the study is to examine the potential benefits of an educational workshop designed to help and support caregivers of children in families that struggle to get enough healthy food.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Health Behavior, Nutrition, Social Determinants of Health
- Trial name
- FAVORes (NCT07149350)
- Testing
- FAVORes Workshop
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Food Insecurity, Carotenoid Status
Produce Prescriptions and Veggie Meter Scores for College Food Security
The goal of this pilot intervention study is to learn if providing weekly produce boxes helps college students who struggle to afford healthy food. It will also test if this program is practical to run on a college campus.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Carotenoid Status, Produce Prescription
- Trial name
- NCT07511699
- Testing
- Produce boxes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Classroom Concentration, Dietary Diversity
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Nutritional Supplement Packages on Improving School Children's Hunger, Eating Behavior and Classroom Concentration
The goal of this intervention study is to learn whether providing nutritional supplement packs can reduce hunger at school and improve healthy eating behaviors and classroom concentration among students in grades 3-9 attending…
- Conditions
- Classroom Concentration, Dietary Diversity, Hunger
- Trial name
- NCT07783646
- Testing
- Nutritional Supplement Pack
- Where
- 14 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Diet Interventions, Food Security
Ripe for Revival: Outcomes Evaluation of a Mobile Produce Market With Vouchers
Increasing access to healthy foods is crucial to combating chronic disease in rural communities. The Ripe for Revival mobile market, a non-profit eastern NC-based mobile market, seeks to improve healthy food access among those at…
- Conditions
- Diet Interventions, Food Security, Nutrition Security, Fruit and Vegetable Intake
- Trial name
- NCT07218978
- Testing
- Mobile Market Voucher Outcomes Study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University
Teaching Healthy Cooking Skills to Parents and Their Preschool Children
Cooking HEalthy and Facilitating Early Childhood Development: CHEF-ED Study
This study aims to test a new online program we developed for parents and their preschool children, called CHEF-ED. CHEF-ED focuses on healthy cooking, parental feeding practices, and involving children in home food preparation.
- Trial name
- CHEF-ED (NCT06940817)
- Testing
- CHEF-ED + Food Delivery, Food Delivery Only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Food Insecurity
YK Delta Food Box Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand if monthly food support increases food security in food insecure households. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does monthly food support increase household food security?…
- Trial name
- NCT07220291
- Testing
- Food support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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
Food Insecurity
Health-Related Social Needs Food Boxes Delivery Program
Nourishing At Home: Health-Related Social Needs Food Boxes Delivery Program is a pilot intervention study evaluating whether home delivery of medically tailored food boxes can reduce food insecurity and improve health outcomes…
- Trial name
- HRSN (NCT07643909)
- Testing
- Monthly food staples and fresh produce, Standard of care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Diabete Type 2, Obesity & Overweight
Nutrition Intervention Optimization to Better Utilize Resources and Support Health
Not having enough food for each person in a household, also called food insecurity, makes it hard to eat a nutritious diet, maintain a healthy weight, and manage diabetes risk.
- Conditions
- Diabete Type 2, Obesity & Overweight, Nutritional Intervention, Food Insecurity
- Trial name
- NOURISH (NCT07713836)
- Testing
- Meal kits, No-prep meals, Culinary nutrition classes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Chronic Malnutrition, Stunting of Growth
Nutritional Intervention With Tenebrio Molitor Powder in Children With Chronic Malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether a dietary supplement based on Tenebrio molitor (mealworm flour) can improve nutritional status and biomarkers of micronutrient deficiency in children aged 2-10 years.
- Trial name
- SANTE (NCT07284095)
- Testing
- Tenebrio Molitor powder, Control Group (Maize-Soy supplement)
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra
Chronic Diseases in Children
Food as Medicine Study
The Food as Medicine (FAME) intervention aims to improve dietary quality in lower income, primarily ethnic minority youth through food navigation that bridges clinical care and community food resources.
- Trial name
- FAME (NCT07162350)
- Testing
- Food Navigation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Parkland Health and Hospital System
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
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
Diabetes, Physical Activity
Addressing Food Access and Physical Activity to Improve Diabetes Prevention Outcomes Among Underserved African Americans
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an enhanced, culturally, socially, and structurally tailored Diabetes Prevention Program (E-DPP) can improve weight loss and related diabetes risk factors in African American adults…
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Physical Activity, Food Security, Nutrition Security
- Trial name
- NCT07560969
- Testing
- Culturally-tailored, enhanced adaption of Diabetes Prevention Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 408 people
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri, Kansas City
Diet, Healthy, Health Behavior
A Food As Medicine Approach to Address Food Insecurity in Rural North Carolina
Increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, and reducing saturated fat, salt, and added sugar are central lifestyle recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to prevent chronic disease.
- Conditions
- Diet, Healthy, Health Behavior, Blood Pressure, Diabetes Mellitus Risk
- Trial name
- NCT07221045
- Testing
- PhytoRx Families: A Pilot Test to Address Food Security in Rural North Carolina
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University
Chronic Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis, Meals
Restorative and Supportive Meals at HomeCare
The pilot intervention study is designed to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a tailored medical nutrition therapy (MNT) meal-delivery for 25 elderly, low-income food insecure patients with end-stage kidney disease…
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis, Meals, Medical Nutrition Therapy
- Trial name
- RASA (NCT07283926)
- Testing
- Medical Nutrition Therapy + Meal Delivery
- Where
- 4 sites in Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
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
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 Insecurity
Nurturing Outreach for Understanding and Reducing Inpatient Security of Health
Food insecurity is the lack of consistent access to the food needed for a healthy life. Food insecurity among families whose child has been hospitalized is a critical problem affecting a large, vulnerable population.
- Trial name
- NOURISH (NCT07010289)
- Testing
- Prepared Meals, Grocery Gift Cards, Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences