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Food Is Medicine for Patients With Heart Failure
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I'm InterestedTrial ID: NCT06540118
Purpose
This study will look at the effects of providing medically tailored meals (MTMs) to people with heart disease for twelve weeks. The primary outcome of the study is the quality of the diet being consumed in week 12 of the study, as determined by the "Healthy Eating Index."
Official Title
Food Is Medicine for Patients With Heart Failure
Stanford Investigator(s)
Eldrin F. Lewis, MD, MPH
Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
* Willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
* Living in San Diego or the Bay Area of California
* Reported congestive heart failure (CHF) diagnosis
* Current diet can be improved
* Willing to eat all meals provided by the study
Exclusion Criteria:
* Diagnosed with end-stage heart failure
* Diagnosed with diabetes (type 1 or uncontrolled type 2)
* Currently taking insulin and/or meglitinides medications
* Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) results \>8 %
* Life expectancy of \<1 year
* Pregnancy or lactation
* Known severe allergic reactions and/or food intolerances that would interfere with the ability to eat study-provided meals, including foods that are prepared in a facility that works with the allergen
* Current smoker or tobacco use within the past year
* Planning to leave San Diego or the Bay Area during the course of the study
* Unable to communicate reasonably well either orally or through written material in English
* Those who, in the opinion of the investigators, cannot reliably complete the study protocol
Intervention(s):
other: 15 Medically Tailored Meals (MTM) per week
other: 14 Medically Tailored Meals (MTM) per week
Recruiting
I'm InterestedContact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Roujheen Sabetan, MPH
650-723-8114