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Lowering Food Insecurity and Improving Diabetes With Financial Incentives

NCT05352022 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2025-06-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The overarching aim of this proposal is to test the efficacy of financial incentives in improving HbA1c, blood pressure, and quality of life in food insecure adults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. Using a clinical trial design, the investigators will randomize food insecure adults with type 2 diabetes to one of three financial incentive structures in combination with monthly mailings that will include diabetes education, healthy recipes, and meal planning resources.

Conditions

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Monthly Unconditional Financial Incentive

No requirements will be placed on how or where funds will be spent.

BEHAVIORAL

Weekly Food Purchasing Financial Incentive

Incentive for healthy food purchases

BEHAVIORAL

Glycemic Control Financial Incentive

Incentive for absolute drop in HbA1c

BEHAVIORAL

Diabetes Education

mailed education information

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • State University of New York at Buffalo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rebekah J Walker, PhD · University at Buffalo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-01
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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