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ENROLLING BY INVITATION
NCT04277117
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Meals for Me: Drop Shipment Versus Personally-delivered Meals for Diabetes Management

Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin

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Summary

This is a three-arm, parallel randomized trial study that will assess the impact of home delivery of medically-tailored meals (MTM) to community-dwelling older adults living with diabetes mellitus type 2 on measurements of diabetes control, mental health, and other exploratory outcomes such as healthcare use.

Official title: Meals for Me: Drop Shipment Versus Personally Delivered Medically Tailored Meals for Patients With Unmanaged Diabetes.

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

55 Years - 90 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

320

Start Date

2022-12-05

Completion Date

2026-08-01

Last Updated

2025-03-26

Healthy Volunteers

No

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Waitlist

Phase 1 (6 months) • Educational materials on such topics as healthy eating for diabetes.

BEHAVIORAL

Medically tailored meals - Daily delivery with human interaction

Phase 1 (6 months) * Educational materials on such topics as healthy eating for diabetes, in addition to materials on meal planning and instructions. * Food: 10 MTM a week: mix of hot and frozen, and 5-10 snacks per week. Meals and snacks offer approx. 1200 kcal per day. * Delivery: 3 to 5x per week. Each delivery day, one meal is warm, the other is frozen. Depending on the participant's availability (3-5 days/week), more frozen meals will be given one day to account for a total of 10 meals every week. * Engagement: MOWCTX's trained volunteers and/or paid delivery drivers delivering the meals will have a brief social interaction (at minimum in-person hand-off \& visual check) with the participant.

BEHAVIORAL

Medically tailored meals - Weekly delivery with no human interaction

Phase 1 (6 months) * Educational materials on such topics as healthy eating for diabetes, in addition to materials on meal planning and instructions. * Food: 10 frozen MTM and 5-10 healthy snacks (with the goal of providing 2 meals and 1-2 snacks for 5 days of the week). Meals and snacks offer approx. 1200 kcal per day. Nutritionally similar and frequently the same meal as that delivered in the daily delivery arm. * Delivery: 1x per week shipment. * Engagement: Meals are shipped to the participant's home. No human engagement.

BEHAVIORAL

Medically tailored meals - Standard MOWCTX delivery with human interaction

Phase 2 (6 months) * Food: 5 MTM a week plus snacks. Planned to offer approx. 600 kcal per day. * Delivery: 2 to 4x a week (depending on participant availability), including daily delivery of 1 hot MTM plus a cold bag (with healthy snacks), with one day or more (depending on the 2 to 4x a week delivery schedule participant is on) also including 1 frozen MTM to total 5 meals per week. * Engagement: MOWCTX's trained volunteers and/or paid delivery drivers delivering the meals will have a brief social interaction ("check-in") with the participant. * MOWCTX Standard Wraparounds: Participants will have access to a case manager to assist with additional resources within the community and for additional support if needed (e.g., grocery shopping assistance, home repairs, and pet care).

Locations (2)

Meals on Wheels Central Texas

Austin, Texas, United States

CommUnityCare Health Centers (all Austin clinics)

Austin, Texas, United States