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SAFPAS App for Improving Healthy Food Access (SAFPAS Trial)

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Recruiting

Led By Joel Gittlesohn, PhD

Research Sponsored by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 1 hour, 14 months

Awards & highlights

SAFPAS Trial Summary

This trial will assess the impact of an app to address food pantry challenges on 20 Baltimore pantries & 360 clients, to support food assistance programs in US.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adults over 18 who regularly use one of the participating food pantries at least once a month and have been doing so for the past year. Participants must be willing and able to use a mobile app on their smartphone or another device to make selections and communicate.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The trial is testing SAFPAS, an app designed to help food pantries manage volunteer staffing, improve client choice in food selection safely, and enhance communication levels especially during emergencies. It will be evaluated in 20 Baltimore food pantries with feedback from 360 clients.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this intervention involves using a mobile application rather than medical treatment, traditional side effects are not applicable. However, users may experience technical issues or challenges adapting to the technology.

SAFPAS Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 1 hour, 14 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~1 hour, 14 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 hour, 14 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in Client FAST Scores as assessed by the Food Assessment Scoring Tool (FAST)

SAFPAS Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Food Pantries receiving SAFPAS interventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Food Pantries in this arm will receive access to all functions of the SAFPAS application

Group II: Food Pantries not receiving SAFPAS interventionActive Control1 Intervention

Food Pantries in the arm will not receive access to the SAFPAS application

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Oakland UniversityOTHER

12 Previous Clinical Trials

1,955 Total Patients Enrolled

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthLead Sponsor

410 Previous Clinical Trials

2,106,393 Total Patients Enrolled

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)NIH

3,840 Previous Clinical Trials

47,851,587 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Support Application for Food Pantries (SAFPAS) (Mobile Application) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05880004 — N/A

Improving Healthy Food Access Research Study Groups: Food Pantries not receiving SAFPAS intervention, Food Pantries receiving SAFPAS intervention

Improving Healthy Food Access Clinical Trial 2023: Support Application for Food Pantries (SAFPAS) Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05880004 — N/A

Support Application for Food Pantries (SAFPAS) (Mobile Application) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05880004 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there any unfilled vacancies for participants in this experiment?

"Clinicaltrials.gov shows that, as of now, this medical trial is not actively recruiting patients. Initially posted on July 1st 2023 and updated last on May 19th 2023, the study has no current participants. Despite this, there are 191 other studies accepting new recruits presently."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Developing a Support Application for Food Pantries (SAFPAS) to Improve Client Access to Healthy Foods & Enhance Emergency Preparedness

2023. "Developing a Support Application for Food Pantries (SAFPAS) to Improve Client Access to Healthy Foods & Enhance Emergency Preparedness". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05880004.