Telenutrition for Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury

This study is looking at how nutrition counseling, delivered through video calls (Telenutrition) on an iPad, can help people with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) who are overweight or obese. The goal is to help you develop healthier eating habits to lower your risk of complications like obesity, high cholesterol, or diabetes. It also explores how nutrition might affect bowel and bladder function. To join, you need to be at least 20 years old, have a traumatic SCI for at least one year, and have a BMI (Body Mass Index) over 22 kg/m2. We'll measure your healthy eating habits (Healthy Eating Index scores) at the beginning, at 3 months, and at 6 months to see if the counseling helps. The current status of this study is unclear, and it plans to enroll 96 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study where participants will be randomly assigned to receive Telenutrition counseling either immediately or after a delay. It plans to enroll 96 participants.
What's involved
You will have 3 in-person visits over about 6 months, spaced roughly 3 months apart. The study includes 3 months of Telenutrition counseling.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your healthy eating habits will be measured at 0, 3, and 6 months.

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NCT05468437

Telenutrition for Individuals With SCI

Recruiting
NAAges 20+InterventionalTreatment
Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System
~96 participants
Updated 2025-05-16 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Telenutrition

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Healthy Eating Index (HEI) scores
Measured over 0, 3 and 6 months
Spinal Cord Injuries
Obesity
Cardiometabolic Syndrome
1 sites across 1 states
California1
  • Kazuko Shem, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

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  • Healthy Eating Index (HEI) scores0, 3 and 6 months

    HEI scores from participants' individual dietary intakes at different time-points of evaluations (baseline/pre-intervention, end of 3 months from baseline, end of 6 months from baseline) will be reported. Changes in HEI scores following intervention will be compared to pre-intervention baseline scores (within group comparison) as well as scores from the waitlisted group (between group comparison) and reported accordingly. In addition, longer-term changes in HEI scores (for individuals from the immediate intervention group) during the durability phase will also be reported.