Food Safety Educational Training Program to Improve Food Safety Knowledge and Behaviors in Cancer Patients Receiving Treatment

NCT06630442 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: OSU-21049NCI-2024-06192
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This clinical trial evaluates the impact of a food safety educational training program on food safety knowledge and behaviors in cancer patients receiving treatment. Cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, can put patients at risk for foodborne infections and despite this risk, it has been reported that patients do not receive any food safety counseling until they are already experiencing low white blood cell counts. A food safety educational training program may help cancer patients make better choices of low-risk foods and prepare foods safely.

Conditions

Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm; Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Changes in food safety knowledge

  Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using analysis of variance (ANOVA).

  From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

• Changes in attitudes

  Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

  From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

• Changes in risk perception

  Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

  From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

• Changes in self-efficacy

  Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

  From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

• Changes in behaviors

  Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

  From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

• Changes in food acquisition practices

  Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

  From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

• Changes in high-risk food consumption

  Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

  From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

Study Arms (1)

Supportive care (food safety educational training)

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients attend a food safety educational training program over 50 minutes on study.

Other: Educational Intervention; Other: Questionnaire Administration

Interventions

Educational Intervention OTHER

Attend a food safety educational training program

Also known as: Education for Intervention, Intervention by Education, Intervention through Education, Intervention, Educational

Supportive care (food safety educational training)

Questionnaire Administration OTHER

Ancillary studies

Supportive care (food safety educational training)

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be at least 18 years of age
• Able to fluently read and converse in English (though it does not have to be their first language)
• All participants must be diagnosed with cancer, any stage, and be receiving some form of treatment at the aforementioned facilities
• Informed consent must be obtained from each patient prior to participation in any aspect of the study

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who do not meet these criteria or are not willing or are unable to give informed consent, will be excluded from this study
• Patients with prescribed dietary limitations or currently on neutropenic diet unrelated to this study will not be included

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

Location

Related Links

• The Jamesline

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Early Intervention, Educational; Educational Status; Methods

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Health Services; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Preventive Health Services; Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics; Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Sanja Ilic

  Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 4, 2024
• First Posted: October 8, 2024
• Study Start: February 21, 2022
• Primary Completion: November 14, 2022
• Study Completion: November 14, 2022
• Last Updated: May 15, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Locations

US (1)