NCT05856591Recruiting

Delivering Food Resources & Kitchen Skills (FoRKS) to Adults With Food Insecurity and Hypertension

Delivering Food Resources & Kitchen Skills (FoRKS) to Adults With Food Insecurity and Hypertension: An RCT

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Jul 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the impact of a home-delivered foods and kitchen skills program on health and nutrition in adults with high blood pressure and food insecurity. Researchers will compare Food Resources \& Kitchen Skills (FoRKS) and Enhanced Usual Care (EUC) to evaluate the effects on mean systolic blood pressure (SPB), HbA1c, food security and nutrition. Participants will complete 24-hr blood pressure monitoring, standard blood pressure measurements, weight, finger stick for A1c point-of-care testing, and questionnaires.

Status (registry): Recruiting
Study type: Interventional
Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
First submitted: 4 May 2023
Start date: 17 Apr 2023
Primary completion date: 30 Jul 2027
Lead sponsor: Indiana University
Diseases: High blood pressure
NCT number: NCT05856591

What you commit to

Study type: Interventional
Planned participants: 200
From 17 Apr 2023 to the primary completion date, 30 Jul 2027
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

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Prior treatment

drug use/abuse (excluding marijuana) per EMR

Other illness

diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer disease or mild cognitive impairment; Parkinson disease; brain tumor/infection/surgery (within the last 10 years with residual symptoms and/or functional loss/deficit, such as impaired learning, memory, or communication); psychosis, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder
ICD 10 code I11/hypertensive heart disease, ICD 10 code I12/hypertensive CKD, ICD 10 code I13/hypertensive heart disease and CKD, ICD 10 code I15, or ICD 10 code I16
low communicative ability, functional status, or other disorders (examiner rated) that would interfere with interventions and assessments

Other

lives in nursing home
alcohol consumption ≥ 8 drinks per week for women, or ≥15 drinks per week for men
moving out of area during study timeline
scheduling conflicts with intervention schedule
unwilling to use a touchscreen
unwilling to be on video conferencing
unable to provide informed consent

Who the study is looking for

Fluent in English
Marion County resident
35-75 years
Systolic BP of ≥120 in prior 12 months
Ability to see and read street signs (self report)
Stable housing with independent access to kitchen, including functional stove or hotplate, oven, refrigerator, and freezer (self report)
Activity independence per functional activities questionnaire (FAQ; \<3 responses of "Require Assistance" and 0 responses of "Dependent")
Food insecurity per first two items of USDA 18-item survey with ≥ 1 response of "Often true" or "Sometimes true" \[1) Within the past 12 months, you worried that your food would run out before you got the money to buy more; 2) Within the past 12 months, the food you bought just didn't last and you didn't have money to get more.\] OR currently listed as food insecure in Eskenazi EMR; OR currently receiving SNAP benefits.
normal cognition per six-item screener (SIS; score of ≥ 5)
Mean systolic BP of ≥120 from 3 standard BP measurements taken by research staff following standardized wait periods.

Age in the registry: 35 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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Site	City	Country	Site status
Eskenazi Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status	Indianapolis	United States	Recruiting

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