Actively Recruiting
Feasibility of an ADAPTive Intervention to Improve Food Security and Maternal-Child Health
Led by Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Updated on 2026-03-03
60
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
84 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
W
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Food insecurity affects up to 30% of pregnancies and leads to worse health in pregnant people and their children, including an increased risk of gestational diabetes, pre-term birth, and future cardiometabolic chronic conditions (e.g., type 2 diabetes and obesity). Interventions are being utilized to address food insecurity in clinical care settings, but patients differ in the support needed to reduce food insecurity and health systems have limited resources to invest in these interventions. Rather than a single intervention, adaptively allocating interventions could be a more effective, equitable, and efficient approach to improve food security; the objectives of this pilot study are to determine the feasibility of recruiting, retaining, and adaptively providing food insecurity interventions to pregnant patients in anticipation of a large, definitive trial in the future.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Feasibility of an ADAPTive Intervention to Improve Food Security and Maternal-Child Health
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- 18 years of age or older
- Confirmed viable pregnancy by obstetrician or midwife using urine pregnancy test and ultrasound
- Experience food insecurity based on the 2-item Hunger Vital Sign
- Speaks English or Spanish
- Not currently enrolled in WIC
- In first trimester at the time of initial prenatal visit
You will not qualify if you...
- Planning to move out of the area within 6 months
- Severe cognitive impairment or major psychiatric illness preventing consent
- Serious medical condition limiting life expectancy or requiring active management (e.g., certain cancers)
- Lack of safe, stable residence or inability to store medically tailored meals
- Lack of a telephone
- Severe food allergy or need for a specialized diet (e.g., Celiac)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
D
Deepak Palakshappa, MD, MSHP
CONTACT
R
Rebecca Stone, MPH
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
4
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