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Meal Kit Delivery for Childhood Obesity

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Allison J Wu, MD, MPH
Research Sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be younger than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 0-4 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test if delivering meals to families with food insecurity and obesity can help them improve their health.

Eligible Conditions
  • Malnutrition
  • Obesity
  • Childhood Obesity

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~0-4 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 0-4 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
Study Feasibility: Assessments
Study Feasibility: Protocol/Adherence
Study Feasibility: Randomization
+2 more
Secondary outcome measures
Change in Child BMI
Change in Child BMI percent of the 95th percentile
Household Food Insecurity
Other outcome measures
Dietary Assessment: child
Dietary Assessment: parent
Mealtime Behaviors
+1 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Meal KitsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Families receive weekly healthy meal kits with fresh ingredients and simple recipes (6 weeks duration), followed by a washout period of 2 weeks, and then receive a newsletter and food pantry referral.
Group II: Delayed Meal KitsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Families receive a newsletter and food pantry referral. After 8 weeks, families will receive weekly healthy meal kits with fresh ingredients and simple recipes (6 weeks duration).
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Meal Kit Delivery
2023
N/A
~30

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Boston Children's HospitalLead Sponsor
761 Previous Clinical Trials
5,579,700 Total Patients Enrolled
4 Trials studying Malnutrition
879 Patients Enrolled for Malnutrition
Allison J Wu, MD, MPHPrincipal InvestigatorBoston Children's Hospital

Media Library

Meal Kit Delivery Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05586269 — N/A
Malnutrition Research Study Groups: Meal Kits, Delayed Meal Kits
Malnutrition Clinical Trial 2023: Meal Kit Delivery Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05586269 — N/A
Meal Kit Delivery 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05586269 — N/A
Malnutrition Patient Testimony for trial: Trial Name: NCT05586269 — 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 openings left in the trial for participants?

"The clinical trial described is not currently accepting participants; this was last updated on November 16th 2022. However, there are 1050 other medical studies open to enrolment at the moment."

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Are geriatric individuals being accepted into this study?

"To be eligible for this trial, participants must be aged between 6 to 12. Subsequently, 281 studies are available for minors and 619 specifically target seniors."

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Who meets the eligibility requirements for this research project?

"This medical experiment is looking to enrol 30 children aged 6-12 suffering from nutritional deficiencies. To participate, the minors must have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 95th percentile and confirm positive for the Hunger Vital Sign™, as well as live in small households with an English or Spanish speaker serving as caretaker within Boston's EatWell delivery map boundaries."

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
Ohio
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Met criteria

Why did patients apply to this trial?

I am looking for a solution to my obesity. I have been heavy since I was a small child.
PatientReceived 1 prior treatment
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Intervening in Food Insecurity to Reduce and Mitigate (InFoRM) Childhood Obesity
Allison Wu 2023. "Intervening in Food Insecurity to Reduce and Mitigate (InFoRM) Childhood Obesity". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05586269.
~14 spots leftby Apr 2025
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