NCT06784310Completed
Food Insecurity, Social Determinants of Health
Feeding the Family: Nutrition Security Intervention to Improve Physical and Mental Health Among Low-resource Families
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Food is Medicine for the whole will test an intervention which provides medically tailored meals, or grocery voucher cards, or a combination of these food and nutrition resources to a caregiver and children living in the household. The study will examine how providing healthy tailored food and nutrition services can improve health outcomes, such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 56 (actual)
- First submitted
- 14 Jan 2025
- Start date
- 1 Apr 2025
- Primary completion date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Alison Gustafson
- Diseases
- High blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes
- NCT number
- NCT06784310
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 56
- From 1 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, 5 Mar 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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Prior treatment
- Considering bariatric surgery in the next year or prior bariatric surgery
- Known drug or alcohol misuse in the past 2 years
- Intermittent use of medications (e.g., oral or intravenous glucocorticoids) that are likely to affect blood sugar.
Other illness
- Participant in diabetes, nutrition, or weight research intervention in last 12 months
- Known psychosis or major psychiatric illness that prevents participation with study activities
Lab values
- Advanced kidney disease (estimated creatinine clearance \< 30 mL/min)
Age
- History of malignancy, other than non-melanoma skin cancer, unless surgically or medically cured \> 5 years ago or in remission
Other
- Lack of safe, stable residence and ability to store meals
- Lack of telephone which can receive text messages
- Pregnancy/breastfeeding or intended pregnancy in the next year
Who the study is looking for
- Have at least one child ages 6-17, inclusive, living in the household with the adult at least 50% of the time
- Diagnosis of stage 3 or 4 Hypertension in last 12 months, or diagnosis of T2DM in the last 12 months
- Experiencing food insecurity as indicated by 2-item Hunger Vital Sign
- English speaking
- No plans to move from the area for at least 1 year
- Willing and able to accept text messages
- Free living to the extent that participant has control over dietary intake
- Willing and able to provide written informed consent and participate in all study activities.
Age in the registry: 6 years to 64 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UofL Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Louisville | United States | Unknown status |
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