Food is Medicine in Survivorship: Examining the Feasibility and Impact of a Scalable Food Delivery and Culinary Medicine Program (FoodiiS) Among Pediatric Cancer Survivors and Their Families

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorM.D. Anderson Cancer Center

About this trial

The goal of this research study is to learn if the FoodiiS-Kids intervention is useful to parents and guardians of pediatric cancer survivors.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Parents/guardians of school-aged (5-12 years) pediatric cancer survivors.

Have children that are within five years of having completed active treatment.

Self-report having internet access.

Self-report as being able to speak and read English.

Disqualifiers

Parents of pediatric cancer survivors over 12 years of age.

Unwilling or unable to complete study assessments.

Self-report to not speak English.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • FoodiiS plus Culinary Essentials Food Delivery

    Dietary supplement

    The FoodiiS intervention will include videos, recipes, and other online healthy eating content adapted from previously developed materials.

  • Culinary Essentials Food Delivery Only

    Dietary supplement

    To support participants in effectively learning the healthy cooking strategies and mitigate access issues, investigators will provide participating families two home food deliveries of non-perishable culinary ingredients that are related to HCI practices including whole grain versions of common products (brown rice, whole wheat flour), healthier cooking oils (olive and canola), and a core selection of herbs and spices, among other goods.

  • Waitlist control

    Dietary supplement

    The control group will receive no intervention until after T1. After the T1 data collection time point, the control group will receive all FoodiiS intervention materials.

Treatment groups

21 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Waitlist Control (No Treatment until after T1 and then Access to all FoodiiS Materials)Experimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: FoodiiS (Digital Culnary Medicine Intervention + Culinary Essentials Food Delivery)Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: Culinary Essential Food Delivery Alone (No Other Intervention)Experimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Safety and Adverse Events (AEs)

Incidence of Adverse Events, Graded According to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) Version (v) 5.0

Time frame
Through study completion; an average of 1 year

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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