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Medically Tailored Meals for Kids
Sponsor: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Summary
The purpose of this project is to learn whether an intervention that provides households with home-delivered healthy, frozen meals tailored to illness related conditions for 12 weeks during a child's treatment for serious illness is feasible and acceptable to the child and parent mainly responsible for the child's care.
Official title: Feasibility of Medically Tailored Meals for Pediatric Populations at Risk for Disparities in Serious Illness Outcomes Due to Inequities in Social Drivers of Health (MTM-Kids)
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
12 Years - 99 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
30
Start Date
2025-11-25
Completion Date
2027-06
Last Updated
2026-01-14
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Medically tailored meals
The intervention will be 12-weeks in duration, with "doses" (meal deliveries) of up to 10 healthy, frozen meals per week for household use as needed, plus selected condiments for personalization
Locations (1)
North Carolina Basnight Cancer Hospital
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States