Food Insecurity and Eating Behavior Among Adults Receiving Buprenorphine or Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Pilot Study 2

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Conditions studied: Food Security

In brief

The goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of a novel, mail-based meal delivery intervention among individuals receiving MOUD on household food security status. The main question it aims to answer is: * Will participants randomized to the NE+MD intervention will demonstrate greater reductions in USDA FSS scores from intake to Study Week 24 than NE participants? Participants with OUD and FI will be randomly assigned to one of two 24-week experimental conditions: Nutritional Education alone (NE) or NE + Meal Delivery (NE+MD). NE control participants will receive brief NE, a list of FI-related resources in their community, and assistance with contacting any resources of interest. NE+MD participants will receive the same educational platform plus commercial weekly meal deliveries directly to the participant's home (6 meals per week per household member). All participants will complete monthly follow-up assessments throughout the 24-week study measuring food security status, psychosocial functioning, and biometric measures of health. All participants will also complete monthly follow-up assessments for 6 months post-intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07251283

Run by

University of Vermont

People needed

40

Starts

2025-11-07

Expected to finish

2027-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-11-26

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• >18 years old
• receiving methadone or buprenorphine treatment for OUD
• meet criteria for current FI as measured by the 18-item US Household Food Security Survey (FSS; Economic Research Service, USDA, 2012)

You may not qualify if…

• Significant psychiatric or medical illness
• Pregnant or nursing

Where it is running

• University of Vermont — Burlington, Vermont, United States (enrolling)

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