NCT06550297Completed
Medically Tailored Meals for Cardiovascular Health
Enhancing, Culturally Adapting, and Expanding Medically Tailored Meals Programs to Address Cardiometabolic Multi-morbidity
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This randomized clinical trial (RCT) will investigate novel approaches to enhance effectiveness, engagement, reach, and cost-effectiveness of medically tailored meals (MTM) programs for promoting cardiovascular health, focusing on economically disadvantaged New York City neighborhoods with a disparate burden of multiple cardiometabolic diseases. The main questions the RCT aims to answer are: 1. Does enhancing MTM programs, with culturally relevant cardiovascular health curriculum (including educational sessions on heart health, healthy diet, cooking demonstrations, recipes, gift bags with healthy ingredients and fresh produce, and addressing social needs) enhance program engagement and effectiveness in improving short-term healthy eating behaviors and clinical outcomes (HbA1c and blood pressure) among individuals with type 2 diabetes and elevated to high blood pressure who currently qualify for MTM programs? 2. Is the MTM program coupled with the cardiovascular health curriculum effective for improving healthy eating behaviors and clinical outcomes (HbA1c and blood pressure) among individuals with type 2 diabetes and elevated to high blood pressure who do not currently qualify for MTM programs and is a gradual reduction of MTM dosing an effective and sustainable approach for expanding reach of these programs? To answer question 1, 66 participants with type 2 diabetes and elevated to high blood pressure who currently qualify for MTM programs will be randomized into a group that receives the standard MTM program (10 MTMs/week for 8 months) or a group that receives the standard program plus the cardiovascular health curriculum. To answer question 2, 110 participants with type 2 diabetes and elevated to high blood pressure who do not currently qualify for MTM programs (due to not having advanced disease with complications) will be randomized into a group that receives the standard MTM program (10 MTMs/week for 8 months) plus the cardiovascular health curriculum or a group that receives standard MTM program for the first 3 months followed by a gradual reduction in dosing of the MTMs by 50% over the remaining 5 months plus the CVH curriculum. All participants will have their HbA1c and blood pressure measured and complete questionnaires about their diet quality, health and lifestyle behaviors, and program engagement and implementation at baseline, 3 months, and 8 months.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 176 (actual)
- First submitted
- 9 Aug 2024
- Start date
- 28 Aug 2024
- Primary completion date
- 5 Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Columbia University
- Diseases
- High blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes
- NCT number
- NCT06550297
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 176
- From 28 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 5 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
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Other illness
- Cancer diagnosis
- Undergoing cancer treatment
- Severe psychiatric disorders
- Health conditions that could prevent safe participation or impact study outcomes (e.g., substance use disorder, dialysis, neurodegenerative conditions)
- For Cohort B (Individuals who do not currently qualify for MTMs)
- Cancer diagnosis
- Undergoing cancer treatment
- Severe psychiatric disorders
- Health conditions that could prevent safe participation or impact study outcomes (e.g., substance use disorder, dialysis, neurodegenerative conditions)
Other
- Non-English or non-Spanish speaking
- Not cognitively able to complete study requirements
- Inability to provide informed consent
- Non-English or non-Spanish speaking
- Not cognitively able to complete study requirements
- Inability to provide informed consent
Who the study is looking for
- Qualifying type 2 diabetes diagnosis (typically physician referred to the program due to more advanced disease with uncontrolled diabetes and complications)
- Hypertension diagnosis (systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 130 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 80 mmHg) or elevated blood pressure (defined as systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 120 mmHg)
- Type 2 diabetes diagnosis (physician diagnosed or HbA1c greater than or equal to 6.5% or diabetes medication use)
- Hypertension diagnosis (systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 130 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 80 mmHg or physician diagnosis or hypertension medication use) or elevated blood pressure (defined as systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 120 mmHg)
Criteria the registry did not label
- For Cohort A (Individuals who currently qualify for MTMs)
Age in the registry: 20 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
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