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NCT05352022Active, not recruiting

Lowering Food Insecurity and Improving Diabetes With Financial Incentives

Lowering Food Insecurity and Improving Diabetes With Financial Incentives (LIFT-FINANCE)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Jul 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The overarching aim of this proposal is to test the efficacy of financial incentives in improving HbA1c, blood pressure, and quality of life in food insecure adults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. Using a clinical trial design, the investigators will randomize food insecure adults with type 2 diabetes to one of three financial incentive structures in combination with monthly mailings that will include diabetes education, healthy recipes, and meal planning resources.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
150 (actual)
First submitted
22 Apr 2022
Start date
1 May 2022
Primary completion date
30 Jun 2026
Lead sponsor
State University of New York at Buffalo
NCT number
NCT05352022

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 150
  • From 1 May 2022 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • alcohol or drug abuse/dependency based on CAGE screening tool

Other illness

  • mental confusion on interview suggesting significant dementia
  • participation in other diabetes clinical trial
  • active psychosis or acute mental disorder

Other

  • life expectancy of less than 6 months

Who the study is looking for

  • Age 21 years or older
  • clinical diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
  • HbA1c of 9 or higher at screening visit
  • screen positive for food insecurity using food insecurity risk tool
  • ability to communicate in English

Age in the registry: 21 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University at Buffalo
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BuffaloUnited StatesUnknown status

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