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Fresh Food Farmacy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT03718832 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2025-06-12

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Summary

This trial investigates the value created by the highly innovative Fresh Food Farmacy (FFF) program at Geisinger Health. The program provides food-insecure diabetics with healthy food for their entire household: at least two meals per day, five days a week. The program also provides education on how to prepare the food, and education on healthy living including diabetes self management. The research measures the effects of the FFF program on patient health and wellbeing.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Fresh Food Farmacy

Patients are prescribed fresh food by a dietician, fill the prescription each week at the FFF clinic, receive training on how to use the food, and training in diabetes self management.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • John Bulger, MD · Geisinger Clinic

  • Joseph J Doyle · MIT Sloan School of Management

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-22
Primary Completion
2023-11-30
Completion
2023-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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