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NCT06561412Completed

Penn Produce Prescription and Chronic Kidney Disease Study

A Pilot Randomized Trial of a Produce Prescription Intervention to Improve Health Among Food Insecure Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Apr 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and likely effect of a produce prescription intervention on patient-centered outcomes, health behaviors and health outcomes, among food insecure adults with chronic kidney disease stages 3 - 5. Participants will complete surveys at three timepoints, each three months apart, and complete health measurements at two timepoints 6 months apart. Half of the participants will be randomly assigned to the treatment where they will receive produce prescriptions with amount of the vouchers depending on their reported family size, every two weeks over six months. Researchers will compare the treatment group and the control group to see if there are any improvements in patient-centered outcomes (food and nutrition insecurity, health-related quality of life, depression and anxiety) and clinical outcomes (diet quality, metabolic acidosis, serum albumin, estimated GFR, blood pressure, and HbA1C).

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100 (actual)
First submitted
13 Aug 2024
Start date
18 Nov 2024
Primary completion date
21 Feb 2026
Lead sponsor
University of Pennsylvania
NCT number
NCT06561412

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 100
  • From 18 Nov 2024 to the primary completion date, 21 Feb 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

  • Cognitive impairment, per principal investigators' discretion

Other

  • Does not meet all of the inclusion criteria
  • Unable to provide consent
  • Non-English speaker
  • Marked as "do not contact" in EMR for research studies

Who the study is looking for

  • Age 18 years or greater
  • Lives within 5 miles of Philadelphia
  • At least one recent clinic visit at Penn Renal Care, or one clinic visit at Penn Primary Care (earliest six months before start of recruitment)
  • Positive screening of food insecurity in the electronic health record (EHR) within the prior 2 months
  • Diagnosis of chronic kidney disease stages 3 -5

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University of Pennsylvania
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status

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