Food Is Medicine for Patients With Heart Failure

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Trial 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
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

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Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Roujheen Sabetan, MPH
650-723-8114