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Healthier Food Environment for Cancer Prevention (FRESH Trial)

N/A

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, 24 months apart

Awards & highlights

FRESH Trial Summary

This trial seeks to help low-income urban neighborhoods access healthier foods in independently owned restaurants, improving dietary quality and cancer prevention.

Who is the study for?

The FRESH trial is for adults aged 18-75 who regularly eat at certain restaurants in specific minority, low-income urban neighborhoods and live with at least one other person. It's not for pregnant individuals or those planning to move out of the Baltimore or DC area within the next 18 months.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

This study tests a new program called FRESH aimed at improving dietary quality by working with independent restaurants to offer healthier food options. The impact on diet, health indicators, and other outcomes will be measured in African American and Latin communities.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial focuses on dietary improvements rather than medication or medical procedures, traditional side effects are not applicable. However, changes in diet can sometimes lead to temporary digestive adjustments.

FRESH Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 1 hour, 24 months apart

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~1 hour, 24 months apart

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 hour, 24 months apart 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 Customer Dietary Quality

FRESH Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Restaurants receiving FRESH interventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Restaurants enrolled in the experimental arm of will FRESH undergo activities aimed to improve their healthy food offerings at their restaurants.

Group II: Restaurants not receiving FRESH interventionActive Control1 Intervention

Restaurants will be enrolled in the study, but not receive the FRESH intervention.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthLead Sponsor

410 Previous Clinical Trials

2,106,174 Total Patients Enrolled

George Washington UniversityOTHER

243 Previous Clinical Trials

453,018 Total Patients Enrolled

Joel Gittlesohn, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

1 Previous Clinical Trials

537 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Restaurants receiving FRESH intervention Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05869149 — N/A

Healthy Eating Index Research Study Groups: Restaurants receiving FRESH intervention, Restaurants not receiving FRESH intervention

Healthy Eating Index Clinical Trial 2023: Restaurants receiving FRESH intervention Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05869149 — N/A

Restaurants receiving FRESH intervention 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05869149 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Does this research endeavor accept candidates over the age of 50?

"The age restriction for this trial is between 18 years and 75 years of age."

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Is participation in this trial available to individuals at the present time?

"The trial is actively recruiting participants, according to the information hosted on clinicaltrials.gov. This research project was initially publicised on June 1st 2023 and has had its details updated as recently as June 20th of the same year."

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Does my profile qualify me to join in the experiment?

"This medical trial requires that applicants possess a healthy diet and are between the ages of 18 to 75 years old. A total of 756 participants is needed for the study's success."

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What is the highest number of participants accepted in this research project?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov has records of this clinical trial, which was first advertised on June 1st 2023 and updated most recently on June 20th 2023, actively recruiting participants with the goal of enrolling 756 patients from a single site."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Systems Science Approaches to Improve Access to Healthier Foods: The FRESH Trial

2023. "Systems Science Approaches to Improve Access to Healthier Foods: The FRESH Trial". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05869149.