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Impact of Food Assistance on Treatment Adherence and Clinical Outcomes in Food-Insecure Cancer Pts

9. juli 2026 opdateret af: Virginia Commonwealth University

Impact of Food Assistance on Treatment Adherence and Clinical Outcomes in Food-Insecure Cancer Patients Undergoing Active Treatment

Prospective cohort and descriptive study aimed at identifying cancer patients experiencing food insecurity at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study will involve evaluating the impact of a food assistance intervention on treatment adherence and clinical outcomes among food-insecure patients on active treatment.

Studieoversigt

Status

Rekruttering

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Anslået)

350

Fase

  • Ikke anvendelig

Kontakter og lokationer

Dette afsnit indeholder kontaktoplysninger for dem, der udfører undersøgelsen, og oplysninger om, hvor denne undersøgelse udføres.

Studiekontakt

Studiesteder

    • Virginia
      • Richmond, Virginia, Forenede Stater, 23286
        • Rekruttering
        • Virginia Commonwealth University
        • Ledende efterforsker:
          • Susan Hong, MD
        • Kontakt:

Deltagelseskriterier

Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

  • Voksen
  • Ældre voksen

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ingen

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult patients (≥18 years old) with a current diagnosis of cancer
  • Patients attending outpatient services at the VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Patients who are willing to participate and provide informed consent
  • Responding "sometimes true" or "often true" to at least one of the two validate Hunger Vital Sign Screening questions

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who are unable to provide informed consent due to cognitive impairment or language barriers
  • Patients who are enrolled in other clinical trials that prohibit participation in additional research
  • Patients who do not consent to being included in the food insecurity registry
  • Patients with medical conditions other than cancer

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Støttende pleje
  • Tildeling: Ikke-randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
  • Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Eksperimentel: Food Assistance Program
Six month food assistance program-shelf-stable food boxes
Participants will be enrolled and provided with structured food assistance (e.g., shelf stable food boxes, produce vouchers) for six months
Andre navne:
  • Intervention Cohort
Aktiv komparator: Standard of Care
Usual-care referrals
Participants who receive usual-care referrals but not food packages.
Andre navne:
  • Comparison Cohort

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Evaluate the impact of a food assistance intervention on treatment adherence and clinical outcomes among food-insecure patients on active treatment.
Tidsramme: 6 months following enrollment
Percent of participants that self-report of treatment completion
6 months following enrollment

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Change in Food Insecurity Score
Tidsramme: Baseline and 6 month follow-up

Using the Food Insecurity Assessment: a 2 Question Hunger Vital Signs will be used to assess patient food insecurity status with the following two questions:

"Within the past 12 months, did you worry your food would run out before you got the money to buy more?" "Within the past 12 months, did the food you buy not last and you didn't have money to get more?"

Scoring will categorize patients as never true, sometimes true, or often true. Baseline is defined as when a patient responds SOMETIMES TRUE or OFTEN TRUE to one of the two validated Hunger Vital Sign Screening questions for the first time. Patients will receive an email about the financial impact and QOL validated surveys at each time interval.

Baseline and 6 month follow-up
Change in Quality of Life (QOL) using European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality of Life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-30)
Tidsramme: Baseline and 6 month follow-up

The EORTC QLQ-30 questionnaire is a 30-item, patient-reported instrument designed to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL), functional status, and symptom burden of cancer patients. Comprises 30 questions grouped into 5 functional scales, 9 symptom scales/items, and a global health status.

Scoring: Uses a 4-point Likert scale (7-point for global items), transformed to a 0-100 scale. Higher scores indicate better function/QoL, but worse symptom burden.

Baseline and 6 month follow-up
Change in financial toxicity
Tidsramme: Baseline and 6 month follow-up
The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy for measure of financial toxicity (FACIT-COST) questionnaire to assess the impact of treatment on patient financial status. This measure has 12 questions based on patient reported outcomes to assess financial quality of life stress; numeric responses 0-4; Uses a score range 0-44 with higher scores indicating better Financial Well-Being.
Baseline and 6 month follow-up

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

Det er her, du vil finde personer og organisationer, der er involveret i denne undersøgelse.

Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Susan Hong, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Datoer for undersøgelser

Disse datoer sporer fremskridtene for indsendelser af undersøgelsesrekord og resumeresultater til ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieregistreringer og rapporterede resultater gennemgås af National Library of Medicine (NLM) for at sikre, at de opfylder specifikke kvalitetskontrolstandarder, før de offentliggøres på den offentlige hjemmeside.

Studer store datoer

Studiestart (Faktiske)

6. juli 2026

Primær færdiggørelse (Anslået)

31. august 2035

Studieafslutning (Anslået)

31. august 2035

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

9. juli 2026

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

9. juli 2026

Først opslået (Faktiske)

15. juli 2026

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)

15. juli 2026

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

9. juli 2026

Sidst verificeret

1. juli 2026

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

Plan for individuelle deltagerdata (IPD)

Planlægger du at dele individuelle deltagerdata (IPD)?

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IPD-planbeskrivelse

There are no current plans to share individual patient data.

Lægemiddel- og udstyrsoplysninger, undersøgelsesdokumenter

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