Food is Medicine for Patients with Heart Failure

Description

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."

Conditions

Heart Failure, Heart Failure，Congestive, Heart Diseases

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Study overview

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."

Food is Medicine for Patients with Heart Failure

Food is Medicine for Patients with Heart Failure

Condition
Heart Failure
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

La Jolla

University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States, 92093

Stanford

Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States, 94305

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility 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
  • * 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

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Diego,

Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, UC San Diego

Christopher Gardner, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Stanford University

Study Record Dates

2025-06-30