Medically Tailored Meals to Reduce Ultra-processed Food Intake in Colorectal Cancer Survivors
NCT07701707 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60
Last updated 2026-07-14
Summary
This research study is a three-arm, parallel-group randomized clinical trial that examines the feasibility and initial impact of consuming medically tailored meals to reduce intake of ultra-processed food and improve health and survival outcomes among 60 patients with stage I-III colorectal cancer.
Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer (Diagnosis)
Interventions
- BEHAVIORAL
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MTM: Medically tailored meals
3 fully prepared, home-delivered, medically tailored meals per day delivered weekly for 6 weeks.
- BEHAVIORAL
-
MTM plus Fresh Produce
2 fully prepared, home-delivered, medically tailored meals per day, plus weekly deliveries of fresh produce and accompanying recipes, for 6 weeks.
- BEHAVIORAL
-
Control group
weekly recipes and meal-planning materials only; no food will be provided.
Sponsors & Collaborators
-
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
collaborator NIH -
Massachusetts General Hospital
lead OTHER
Principal Investigators
-
Mengxi Du, RD, PhD, MPH · Massachusetts General Hospital
Study Design
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE_CARE
- Masking
- NONE
- Model
- PARALLEL
Eligibility
- Min Age
- 18 Years
- Sex
- ALL
- Healthy Volunteers
- No
Timeline & Regulatory
- Start
- 2026-08-10
- Primary Completion
- 2028-08-10
- Completion
- 2028-10-10
Countries
- United States
Study Locations
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