NCT05220631

Digital Nutrition Intervention for Older Adults

Active, enrolled NA Last updated 16 December 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Technology intervention in Nutrition Poor in 369 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.

Timeline

1 June 2022

Primary endpoint
30 September 2024

30 January 2026

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	The University of Texas at San Antonio
Phase	NA
Status	Active, enrolled
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	sequential
Masking	none
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	369
Start date	1 June 2022
Primary completion	30 September 2024
Estimated completion	30 January 2026
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Technology intervention
• Digital Nutrition Intervention

Conditions studied

• Nutrition Poor — all drugs for Nutrition Poor →
• Physical Inactivity — all drugs for Physical Inactivity →
• Social Isolation — all drugs for Social Isolation →

Sponsor

The University of Texas at San Antonio

Who can join

Adults 60 to 120, any sex, with Nutrition Poor or Physical Inactivity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The "digital divide" or gap in technological access and knowledge, for older adults has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to disruptions in services like congregate meal programs funded by the Older Americans Act. Seven San Antonio congregate meal sites remained partially open biweekly to distribute meals but no longer offer in-person nutrition education, physical activity classes, and social activities. The proposed project will test the efficacy of digital nutrition intervention with at-risk older adults who attend congregate meal center in areas of high poverty and digital exclusion.

The study is uses a stepped-wedge cluster clinical trial. Key community partners with the Department of Health Services Senior Services Division and Older Adult Technology Services (OATS) will participate in the planning phase, research design, and implementation of the study.

The study aims are:

1. To test the impact of a technology-based intervention on the primary outcomes of food security and diet quality;
2. To determine the effect of the intervention on secondary outcomes of technology knowledge and usage, physical activity, and social isolation and loneliness;
3. To examine the long-term impact and sustainability of technology use on food security, diet quality, physical activity, and social isolation.

If successful, the impact of this program could be applied throughout the national OATS network and to similar CMPs to bridge the digital divide beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.