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Meal Delivery and Exercise for Frailty

This study is looking at how meal delivery services, with or without a home-based exercise program, affect frailty in older adults. Researchers want to see if these interventions can improve walking speed and overall frailty status. They are also studying certain markers in the blood (biomarkers) to understand how these changes happen. You might be able to join if you are 60 or older, homebound, and considered frail or prefrail (meaning you have some signs of frailty). The study aims to enroll 100 participants. The current status of recruitment is unclear.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 100 participants. It compares two groups: one receiving meals only, and another receiving meals plus exercise.
What's involved
Participants will receive meal delivery for 12 weeks. A Meals on Wheels driver will visit in person to ask about health changes. Walking speed and frailty status will be measured at 4, 8, and 12 weeks.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 12 weeks, with measurements taken at 4, 8, and 12 weeks from the start.

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NCT04906759

Meal Delivery and Exercise

Recruiting
NAAges 60+InterventionalSupportive care
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
~100 participants
Updated 2024-12-06 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Meals plus exerciseMeals only

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in gait speed
Measured over 4 weeks,8 weeks,12 weeks from baseline
+4 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Frailty

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Texas1

Study leadership

  • Jessica Lee, MD,MS · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Who to contact

Jessica Lee, MD,MS
[email protected]
713-500-5457
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

homebound (normally unable to leave the home unassisted)
frail or prefrail by The Fried Frailty Phenotype (FFP)
medically stable

Exclusion

robust by FFP
have Mini-Cog score \<3 and/or are unable to follow instructions
have a pre-diagnosed terminal illness
unable to ambulate
unable to use their upper extremities, and/or are already participating in physician-prescribed physical therapy or occupational therapy.

What this trial measures

  • Change in gait speed4 weeks,8 weeks,12 weeks from baseline

    this is the time one takes to walk a specified distance on level surfaces over a short distance and is measured in meters/second

  • Change in total FFP score as assessed by the Fried Frailty Phenotype (FFP) screening test4 weeks,8 weeks,12 weeks from baseline

    Score from 0(not frail),1-2(pre frail) and 3-5(frail)

  • Change in measure of HSP70 (ng/mL) expression4 weeks,8 weeks,12 weeks from baseline
  • Change in Measure of MIP-1β (pg/mL) expression4 weeks,8 weeks,12 weeks from baseline
  • Change in Measure of sIL-6R (pg/mL) expression4 weeks,8 weeks,12 weeks from baseline