National Cancer Institute Food Study

March 2, 2020 updated by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Food Study

Information about Americans food choices and opinions helps researchers and law makers to develop policies and programs to promote health. For this reason, it is important to be able to collect good quality information about how people think about food. This project will compare different ways of collecting information about food from adults.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

Objectives:

-To compare different ways of collecting information about food choices and opinions from adults.

Eligibility:

  • Individuals between the ages of 20 and 70, recruited from a database of volunteers who wish to participate in research studies.
  • Volunteers must have high-speed Internet access.
  • Individuals who have previously been involved in a research study will be excluded.

Design:

-Participants will come to a research study center for three consecutive meals (approximately 45 minutes per meal). On the following day, participants will return to the study center for an interview about their food choices and opinions (approximately 45 minutes).

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

83

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Maryland
      • Rockville, Maryland, United States, 20850
        • Westat, Inc.

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthy volunteers living in Maryland@@@

Description

  • Eligibility Criteria
  • Individuals between the ages of 20 and 70, recruited from a database of volunteers who wish to participate in research studies.
  • Volunteers must have high-speed Internet access.
  • Individuals who have previously been involved in a research study will be excluded.
  • Subjects will be accrued from a variety of racial and ethnic groups and of varying educational achievement, though these characteristics will not be used to assess eligibility.
  • All subjects will provide informed consent.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Other
  • Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Healthy volunteers

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Agreement of truth and reported dietary intake
Time Frame: 2 days
Measured exact intake of foods will be compared to reported intake by the participant. Two different reporting systems will be compared with truth.
2 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Nancy A. Potischman, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 26, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 31, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

February 26, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 15, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 15, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

September 16, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 3, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 2, 2020

Last Verified

March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 999909209
  • 09-C-N209

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