Food for Health Equity: Evaluation of a Nutrition Assistance Program

NCT05947357 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 64256
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study seeks to evaluate whether a nutrition assistance quality improvement program for patients with cancer and food insecurity receiving active treatment at Pacific Cancer Care will have reductions in food insecurity.

Conditions

Cancer

Keywords

Food Insecurity; Food Assistance Quality Improvement Program; Latinx and minority patients

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Food Insecurity

  Assessed using the validated 2-item Hunger Vital Sign, administered to participants at time of enrollment and again at 6-months post-enrollment. Responses to questions "often" and "sometimes" versus "never" which are considered affirmative responses. One or more affirmative responses indicate food insecurity.

  Baseline to 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Food Security

  Baseline to 6 months

• Health-related quality of life (HRQOL)

  Baseline to 6 months

• Financial Toxicity

  Baseline to 6 months

• Health-related social needs

  Baseline to 6 months

• Satisfaction with the intervention

  Baseline to 6 months

Study Arms (1)

Nutrition Assistance Program

EXPERIMENTAL

A total of 30 Latinx cancer patients on active cancer treatment who have screened positive for food insecurity will receive a $40.00 voucher for use each month for 6 months for nutrition assistance in the produce section of local grocery stores after enrollment in the program.

Other: Nutrition Assistance Program

Interventions

Nutrition Assistance Program OTHER

Patients will receive in the intervention group a $40.00 per month voucher for 6 months for use in the produce section of a local grocery store.

Nutrition Assistance Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 99 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patient Participants must be undergoing or starting treatment for cancer at the Pacific Cancer Care clinic who screen positive for food insecurity using at 2-item screener, speak English or Spanish, have capacity to consent (e.g. no dementia or other cognitive impairment), are Latinx or another racial and ethnic minority group OR low income, have public insurance, OR are insured by an agricultural company sponsored health insurance

You may not qualify if:

• Patients will be ineligible if they do not have a current cancer diagnosis, cannot communicate in English or Spanish, are deemed ineligible to consent, are under 18 years of age, are not Latinx or another racial/ethnic minority OR are not low income OR are not publicly insured, uninsured, or do not have health insurance from an agricultural company

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Stanford University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, 94305, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neoplasms

Interventions

Food Assistance

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Public Assistance; Financing, Government; Financing, Organized; Economics; Health Care Economics and Organizations

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: Patients as part of a nutrition assistance program will randomly receive food vouchers for $40.00 each month for use in the produce section of local grocery stores for 6 months.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 7, 2023
• First Posted: July 17, 2023
• Study Start: July 15, 2023
• Primary Completion: May 15, 2024
• Study Completion: February 15, 2025
• Last Updated: March 19, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Locations

US (1)