Penn Produce Prescription and Chronic Kidney Disease Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Food Insecurity

In brief

The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and likely effect of a produce prescription intervention on patient-centered outcomes, health behaviors and health outcomes, among food insecure adults with chronic kidney disease stages 3 - 5. Participants will complete surveys at three timepoints, each three months apart, and complete health measurements at two timepoints 6 months apart. Half of the participants will be randomly assigned to the treatment where they will receive produce prescriptions with amount of the vouchers depending on their reported family size, every two weeks over six months. Researchers will compare the treatment group and the control group to see if there are any improvements in patient-centered outcomes (food and nutrition insecurity, health-related quality of life, depression and anxiety) and clinical outcomes (diet quality, metabolic acidosis, serum albumin, estimated GFR, blood pressure, and HbA1C).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06561412

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

100

Starts

2024-11-18

Expected to finish

2026-02-21

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 years or greater
• Lives within 5 miles of Philadelphia
• At least one recent clinic visit at Penn Renal Care, or one clinic visit at Penn Primary Care (earliest six months before start of recruitment)
• Positive screening of food insecurity in the electronic health record (EHR) within the prior 2 months
• Diagnosis of chronic kidney disease stages 3 -5

You may not qualify if…

• Does not meet all of the inclusion criteria
• Unable to provide consent
• Non-English speaker
• Cognitive impairment, per principal investigators' discretion
• Marked as "do not contact" in EMR for research studies

Where it is running

• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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