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RUSH Food is Medicine Veggie Rx - GusNIP Produce Prescription

NCT07376044 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2026-06-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess nutrition incentives and produce vouchers to measure the impacts of food insecurity-related chronic health conditions in adults with hypertension and/or diabetes. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does participation increase fruit and vegetable consumption for participants?
* Does participation reduce individual and household food insecurity?
* Does participation reduce healthcare utilization and associated costs?
* Does participation lead to improvements in diet-related health outcomes (e.g., hypertension, diabetes)?
* Does participation support the local economy by increasing participant spending at local food vendors?

Participants will:

* Receive 6 months home delivered produce prescription boxes
* Receive 6 months match of produce vouchers
* Receive nutrition education and participate in Chronic Disease Self-Management classes

Conditions

  • Food Insecurity
  • Diabetes in Adults
  • Hypertension (HTN)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Food is Medicine

Fresh produce food prescription program designed to address food insecurity and increase intake of nutritious foods.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

    collaborator FED

  • Rush University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Traci Simmons, DrPHc, MPH · Rush University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-06-30
Primary Completion
2028-01-31
Completion
2028-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT07376044 on ClinicalTrials.gov