Southwest Harvest for Health Vegetable Gardening Intervention

NCT04251299 | Completed Results DMC

• 1 other identifier: INST UNM 1905
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

"Harvest for Health" is a home-based vegetable gardening intervention that pairs cancer survivors with certified master gardeners (MGs) from the Cooperative Extension System, the education and outreach arm of land-grant universities nationwide.

Conditions

Cancer Survivor

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Feasibility of the Intervention

  Ability to recruit 25 cancer survivors in 3 months, achieve 80% retention rates, 80% adherence to the intervention, and high acceptability of the program for both cancer survivors (participants) and Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners.

  through study completion, an average of 9 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Pre-post Change in Vegetable and Fruit Intake

  baseline to 9-months

• Pre-post Change in Objectively Measured Physical Activity

  baseline to 9-months

• Pre-post Change in Sleep Quality

  baseline to 9-months

• Pre-post Change in Physical Function

  baseline to 9-months

• Pre-post Change in Physical Performance

  baseline to 9-months

Study Arms (1)

Single Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

All participants will receive the 10-month mentored, vegetable gardening intervention

Behavioral: home-based, mentored vegetable gardening program

Interventions

home-based, mentored vegetable gardening program BEHAVIORAL

The mentored vegetable gardening program pairs each participant with a certified Master Gardener. The participant/Master Gardener dyads work together to plan, plant and tend to a vegetable garden at the participant's home throughout the year. Gardening supplies, plants and seeds are provided.

Single Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age 50 years or older
• Residing in Bernalillo or Sandoval County, New Mexico
• Diagnosed with an invasive cancer (any type)
• Completed primary treatment (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy)(note: endocrine therapy is allowed)
• Able to read, speak, and understand English (The future larger trial will include Spanish-Speaking participants)
• Not told by a physician to limit physical activity and no pre-existing medical condition(s) that would preclude home gardening, e.g., severe orthopedic conditions, hip or knee replacement surgery within 6 months), end-stage renal disease, paralysis, dementia, blindness, unstable angina, untreated stage 3 hypertension, or recent history of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or pulmonary conditions that required oxygen or hospitalization within 6 months.
• Currently not adhering to the recommended number of fruit and vegetable servings per day (consuming fewer than 5 servings of vegetables and fruits/day and not meeting the recommended guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (\< 150 minutes/week)
• Reside in a location that can accommodate a 4' x 8' raised garden bed or 4 (29" x 14") garden containers, or adequate (at least 4 hours) of sunlight per day and have access to running water
• No existing or recent (within the past year) experience with vegetable gardening
• Able to participate in the 10-month intervention (all three seasonal gardens; from mid-February through early November 2020)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of New Mexico: lead
• University of New Mexico Cancer Center: collaborator
• New Mexico State University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States

Location

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Cindy Blair
• Organization: University of New Mexico

CiBlair@salud.unm.edu

15059257907

Study Officials

• Cindy K Blair, PhD

  University of New Mexico

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 24, 2020
• First Posted: January 31, 2020
• Study Start: January 17, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 20, 2020
• Study Completion: December 20, 2020
• Last Updated: March 11, 2025
• Results First Posted: March 11, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)