NCT05752721

Impact of Online Ordering on Low-Income Adults' Food Security in Online Food Pantry Settings

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 20 August 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Transition to Online Ordering in Food Security in 204 participants. Completed in 15 December 2023.

Timeline

21 April 2023

Primary endpoint
15 December 2023

15 December 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	NYU Langone Health
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	204
Start date	21 April 2023
Primary completion	15 December 2023
Estimated completion	15 December 2023
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Transition to Online Ordering

Conditions studied

• Food Security — all drugs for Food Security →

Sponsor

NYU Langone Health — full company profile →

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Food Security. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form Score Primary · Baseline

6-item assessment of food security. The total score ranges from 0-6, where: 5-6 = very low food security; 2-4 = low food security; and 0-1 = high or marginal food security.

Group	Value	95% CI
Food Pantry Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	3.6	± 2.2
Food Pantry NOT Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	2.7	± 2.3

U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form Score Primary · Month 8

6-item assessment of food security. The total score ranges from 0-6, where: 5-6 = very low food security; 2-4 = low food security; and 0-1 = high or marginal food security.

Group	Value	95% CI
Food Pantry Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	2.9	± 2.3
Food Pantry NOT Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	2.0	± 2.2

Time to Obtain Food From Food Pantry Per Visit Secondary · Baseline

Expressed in minutes.

Group	Value	95% CI
Food Pantry Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	5.1	± 11.1
Food Pantry NOT Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	27.7	± 28.2

Time to Obtain Food From Food Pantry Per Visit Secondary · Month 8

Expressed in minutes.

Group	Value	95% CI
Food Pantry Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	3.7	± 4.3
Food Pantry NOT Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	29.4	± 29.0

Composite Weekly Fruit & Vegetable Intake Score Secondary · Baseline

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System's 2017 six-item fruit and vegetable screener, where values correspond to the number of times a participant consumed fruits and vegetables per week as a composite score. The total score ranges from 0 to infinity.

Group	Value	95% CI
Food Pantry Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	16.0	± 12.4
Food Pantry NOT Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	18.1	± 18.3

Composite Weekly Fruit & Vegetable Intake Score Secondary · Month 8

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System's 2017 six-item fruit and vegetable screener, where values correspond to the number of times a participant consumed fruits and vegetables per week as a composite score. The total score ranges from 0 to infinity.

Group	Value	95% CI
Food Pantry Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	16.1	± 9.9
Food Pantry NOT Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	16.4	± 7.6

Center for Nutrition & Health Impact's Household Nutrition Security Survey Module: Four-Item Short Form Score Secondary · Baseline

4-item assessment of nutrition security. The four items within the measure are scored from 0 (if the participant selects "Always") to 4 (if the participant selects "Never"). The total score is the average of the four item scores and ranges from 0-4; higher scores indicate greater nutrition security, and scores of 2 or below indicate "low" levels of nutrition security.

Group	Value	95% CI
Food Pantry Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	3.6	± 2.2
Food Pantry NOT Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	2.7	± 2.3

Center for Nutrition & Health Impact's Household Nutrition Security Survey Module: Four-Item Short Form Score Secondary · Month 8

4-item assessment of nutrition security. The four items within the measure are scored from 0 (if the participant selects "Always") to 4 (if the participant selects "Never"). The total score is the average of the four item scores and ranges from 0-4; higher scores indicate greater nutrition security, and scores of 2 or below indicate "low" levels of nutrition security.

Group	Value	95% CI
Food Pantry Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	2.9	± 2.3
Food Pantry NOT Scheduled to Transition to Online Ordering	2.0	± 2.2

Sponsor's own description

The primary objectives of this study are to determine whether the transition to online ordering at a choice-based food pantry network influences food security status among low-income adults and determining whether there are differences in impact by age group.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. The impact of online ordering on food security in a food pantry system in New York City.
   Rummo P, Yi S, Seet C, Strahs L, et al · · 2025 · PMID 40539601 · DOI 10.1093/tbm/ibaf031