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Food: A Three-Arm Study Examining Food Insecurity Interventions
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Summary
The investigators have found that many patients getting treatment for cancer have trouble getting enough to eat, or do not always have enough money for food. When a patient has these problems it can lead to difficulties with completing cancer treatment. Across New York City, there are many hospitals that offer their patients food pantry services on location. The investigators would like to compare how food pantries within the hospital and two other food assistance options: monthly food vouchers and weekly grocery deliveries maybe possible solutions to this problem. The patient will be randomly assigned to one of the three different food program groups, which means everyone has an equal chance in being in any group, like a flip of a coin. The investigators hope to learn how to best help patients with trouble getting food and to see if this will help with completing cancer treatment. The original RCT composed of study arms: 1) hospital -based food pantry (control), 2) food voucher program plus access to the food pantry, and 3) grocery delivery program plus access to the food pantry will remain open to accrual at Ralph Lauren Cancer Center. The other three sites of the original RCT, Lincoln Hospital, Queens Cancer Center and Brooklyn Hospital, have reached target accrual. Our modified RCT, to be carried out among an expanded cohort of cancer patients is composed of study arms : 1) Food Voucher Program (Voucher); 2) Home Grocery Delivery Program (Delivery); and 3) Medically-tailored, Hospital-based Food Pantry (Pantry). For this RCT, we will enroll patients across Bronx hospitals- Jacobi Medical Center, St. Barnabas Hospital, and Montefiore Medical Center. For the new study arms, we will enroll patients across Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Jacobi Medical Center, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Montefiore Health System, New York Cancer \& Blood Before Specialists, and Bellevue Hospital. Before conducting the RCT across Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center and the new sites in the Bronx, we will refine written educational materials to be used in the intervention through focus groups.
Official title: Food: A Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Study Examining Food Insecurity Interventions
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
606
Start Date
2012-05-08
Completion Date
2026-05
Last Updated
2026-03-12
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
surveys
Each survey will take about 45 minutes.Surveys will include questions on medical treatment, health insurance, work-related information, overall health and well being, eating habits, and satisfaction/use of the food program provided. 3 and 6-month follow-up. All participants will be asked to complete the study contact form. Need Assessment surveys will be administered via telephone or in person. The content of the needs assessment questionnaire has been informed by themes generated through IHCD's ongoing research and community outreach and service activities with the cancer patient population at our participating institutions. The survey will ask participants about the impact on their cancer care and their socioeconomic needs of the COVID-19 crisis.
Focus groups
Prior to conducting the updated RCT design with the expanded cohort, we will conduct 4-6 focus groups (to saturation) with underserved breast cancer patients to optimally tailor the written materials, via mail, MSK Secure email, or in person and nutrition education sessions.
Locations (10)
Brooklyn Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Queens Hospital Center
Jamaica, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, New York, United States
Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
New York, New York, United States
St. Barnabas Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, United States
Jacobi Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, United States
Montefiore Health System (Montefiore Medical Center)
The Bronx, New York, United States
New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (Data collection only)
The Bronx, New York, United States
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
The Bronx, New York, United States