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NCT05889780

Screening for and Responding to Food Insecurity Among Infusion Patients

Completed NA Last updated 9 December 2024
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Food pantry referrals in Cancer in 45 participants. Completed in 6 September 2024.

Timeline
8 January 2024
Primary endpoint
6 September 2024
6 September 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designfactorial
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment45
Start date8 January 2024
Primary completion6 September 2024
Estimated completion6 September 2024
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Cancer or Diet, Healthy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Food insecurity impacts 1 in 8 people in the United States and 1 in 4 people receiving cancer treatment. Food insecurity is associated with poor dietary quality, adverse health conditions (e.g., Type 2 diabetes, overweight and obesity, hypertension), and worse cancer treatment outcomes. To effectively address food insecurity among people with cancer, screening and effective response programs are needed. The Food to Overcome Disparities (FOOD) program screens breast cancer patients for food insecurity and refers people who screen positive to 11 clinic pantries across New York City. In addition to clinic referrals, researchers have found the addition of monthly grocery vouchers or home grocery delivery to be even more effective at improving treatment completion rates than pantry access alone. Another innovative food security strategy, nutritious no-prep, ready-to-eat meals may also be helpful for patients given that no-prep meals reduce the time and physical demand of food preparation. Nutritious no-prep, ready-to-eat meals have been positively associated with improvements in healthy eating index (HEI) scores, fewer instances of hypoglycemia, and improved quality of life among people with food insecurity that have diabetes, but has yet to be tested among patients with cancer. People receiving cancer treatment, such as infusion services, often report fatigue and other barriers to food preparation, which make no-prep, ready-to-eat meals another potential solution to cancer-specific challenges to healthy eating. In the present study the investigators will test which evidence-based strategies are most effective and well-liked by patients and will inform the development of a comprehensive food security response program at the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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