[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"trial:NCT05970341":3,"trial-entities:NCT05970341":158,"trial-summary:NCT05970341":162},{"id":4,"nct_id":4,"org_study_id":5,"brief_title":6,"official_title":7,"overall_status":8,"completion_date":9,"status_verified_date":10,"last_update_date":11,"start_date":12,"sponsor_name":13,"lead_sponsor_class":14,"has_dmc":15,"brief_summary":16,"detailed_description":17,"conditions":18,"keywords":20,"study_type":32,"primary_purpose":33,"phases":34,"enrollment_info":36,"interventions":39,"primary_outcomes":63,"secondary_outcomes":68,"sex":90,"minimum_age":91,"maximum_age":92,"healthy_volunteers":15,"eligibility_criteria":93,"std_ages":121,"locations":124,"central_contacts":142,"overall_officials":152,"references":156,"see_also_links":157},"NCT05970341","STUDY00002253","Kidney Health: Eat Well, Live Well","\"Kidney Health: Eat Well, Live Well\": A Program to Reduce Kidney Injury and Early CKD Progression Through Nutrition & Empathetic Support From a Health Partner","RECRUITING","2026-05","2025-03","2025-03-26","2023-12-06","University of Texas at Austin","OTHER",false,"This two-arm, parallel randomized trial study will assess the efficacy of a 6-month (26 weeks) community-based program in reducing kidney injury (as Urine Albumin to Creatinine ratio, uACR), cardiovascular risk (as Hemoglobin A1C and blood pressure), mental health (as PHQ-8) and diet quality (as fruits and vegetables intake and Healthy Eating Index) in community-dwelling, low-income adults diagnosed with early chronic kidney disease (stages 2 or 3 and not on kidney replacement therapies) compared to educational materials and usual care alone.","This study tests a community-based program aimed at supporting adults with early-stage chronic kidney disease to change their eating habits to reduce the likelihood of kidney injury progression.\n\nThe program components were design to reduce barriers to a) eating healthier, kidney-friendly foods through the direct provision of fruits and vegetables, grocery store e-gift cards, kidney-friendly recipes, and food preparation tips; b) learning about kidney disease and the role of healthy eating in slowing its progression through educational materials; and c) social connection through empathetic relational phone calls and SMS texts from a dedicated \"Health Partner\".\n\nOver a period of 6 months (26 weeks), participants randomized to the intervention arm will receive:\n\n* kidney-friendly produce (fruits and vegetables) delivered at their preferred location\n* recipes and tips on food preparation tailored to the produce\n* grocery store electronic gift cards\n* educational materials on CKD and disease management\n* personalized practical and emotional support through a dedicated Health Partner\n\nResearchers will see if participation in the program (intervention) reduces markers of kidney injury (Albumin:Creatinin ratio) and cardiovascular disease risk and improves diet (particularly fruits and vegetables intake) and mental health when compared to usual care (control).",[19],"Chronic Kidney Diseases",[21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31],"phone calls","Telehealth","Fruits and vegetables","Produce","Home delivery","grocery vouchers","gift cards","Community-based trial","Proteinuria","Diet","mental health","INTERVENTIONAL","HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH",[35],"NA",{"count":37,"type":38},330,"ESTIMATED",[40,47,51,55,59],{"type":41,"name":42,"description":43,"armGroupLabels":44},"BEHAVIORAL","1. Welcome package","At the end of the baseline data collection visit at the clinic, the Research Staff will hand the participant a welcome packet that includes:\n\n* educational and motivational written materials (about such topics as CKD and healthy eating for early CKD stages)\n* a collection of recipes featuring kidney-friendly vegetables",[45,46],"Arm 1: Intervention + usual care","Arm 2: Educational materials + usual care",{"type":41,"name":48,"description":49,"armGroupLabels":50},"2. Welcome information (phone or text)","Those allocated to the intervention arm will receive a welcome call from the Program Staff to provide further details and expectations about the program (such as delivery details and schedule).\n\nThose allocated to the control arm will receive an SMS text that informs them of their arm allocation, what to expect and a phone number to call for questions.",[45,46],{"type":41,"name":52,"description":53,"armGroupLabels":54},"3. Produce delivery + Recipes customized to produce","* Content: Bags with kidney-friendly produce will include 2 vegetables sufficient for 2 meals for 4 people, 1 type of fruit, and 1 dried fruit. The total cost is estimated at USD 20, excluding delivery, for prices in June 2022.\n* Delivery: Bags will be delivered to the participant's preferred location (e.g. home or work) and period of the day (e.g., morning, evening).\n* Recipes: SMS texts will precede each delivery to share an URL to recipes customized to the items being delivered, and to inform of an upcoming produce bag, its content.\n* Frequency:\n\n  1. Weeks 1-2 (2 weeks): No bags delivered.\n  2. Weeks 3-10 (8 weeks): Delivered weekly, for a total of 8 bags.\n  3. Weeks 11-18 (8 weeks): Delivered every two weeks, for a total of 4 bags.\n  4. Weeks 19-26 (8 weeks): No bags delivered.",[45],{"type":41,"name":56,"description":57,"armGroupLabels":58},"4. E-gift cards to a grocery store of choice","Five (5) e-gift cards to a major local grocery retailer chosen by the participant (from 3 options) at the following frequency:\n\n1. Weeks 1-6: No e-gift card.\n2. Week 7: One card of USD 30.00 value.\n3. Week 11 \\& 15: One card of USD 40.00, for a total of USD 80.00.\n4. Week 19 \\& 23: One card of USD 60.00, for a total of USD 120.00.",[45],{"type":41,"name":60,"description":61,"armGroupLabels":62},"5. Personalized practical & emotional support through a dedicated health partner","* Each participant is assigned a program staff (\"dedicated health partner\") who call them briefly (15 min or so) over the phone for empathy-based support on the participant's health journey, and practical suggestions for shopping and food preparation.\n* The Health Partner will share periodically via SMS text a curated list of evidence-based, trustworthy online educational resources.\n* Health partners are not trained to answer medical or health-related questions and will not provide medical guidance or advice of any kind. For such questions, they will encourage participants to contact the clinic or physician.\n* Frequency:\n\n  1. Weeks 1-2 (2 weeks): No calls.\n  2. Weeks 3-7 (4 weeks): 2 calls a week, for a total of 8 calls.\n  3. Weeks 8-26 (18 weeks): 1 call every 2 weeks, for a total of 10. But during weeks 7, 11, and 19, participants will be given the choice to keep at 1x\u002Fweek or decrease to 1x every 4 weeks.",[45],[64],{"measure":65,"description":66,"timeFrame":67},"Urine albumin:creatinine ratio (UACR)","Marker of kidney damage and a useful predictor of cardiovascular (CV) events in adults. Uses spot urine to estimate 24-hour urine albumin excretion. UACR \\> 30 mg\u002Fg indicates kidney damage.","Baseline, 3 months, 6 months",[69,72,75,78,81,84,87],{"measure":70,"description":71,"timeFrame":67},"Hemoglobin A1C","Finger stick point-of-care portable device. Measures the average blood sugar levels over the past 3 months with a result in %. Higher A1C levels indicate poorer glycemic control and higher risk of diabetes complications.",{"measure":73,"description":74,"timeFrame":67},"Blood pressure (systolic\u002Fdiastolic)","Direct measurement with automatic blood pressure cuff.",{"measure":76,"description":77,"timeFrame":67},"Food intake in the past 30 days as assessed by the Dietary Screener Questionnaire from NHANES 2009-10","30-day food frequency questionnaire (screener) that asks for frequency of intake in the past month (per month, per week, or per day) of 28 items such as cereal, red meat, fruits and vegetables.\n\nThis study includes four food items linked to kidney health (and mostly acid-inducing): eggs, chicken\u002Fturkey, fish, and cheese. Questions are asked in the same fashion as the other questions in the tool.",{"measure":79,"description":80,"timeFrame":67},"Changes in diet quality as estimates of individual mean dietary intake and frequency of fruits and vegetables consumption","Changes in diet quality will be measured by obtaining individual mean dietary intake from the Dietary Screener Questionnaire, as well as frequency of food group consumption, as per analytical instructions in the National Cancer Institute, using USDA nutrient database. Reported per fruits and vegetables as cup equivalents\u002Fday.",{"measure":82,"description":83,"timeFrame":67},"Anxiety as measured by scores on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7)","Self-administered. Based on some of the DSM-V criteria for General Anxiety Disorder to identify probable cases of GAD along with measuring anxiety symptom severity. Responders are asked to rate the frequency of anxiety symptoms in the last 2 weeks on a Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). Items are summed to provide a total score (0-21) to inform severity (1-4 minimal symptoms; 5-9 mild symptoms; 10-14 moderate symptoms; 15-21 severe symptoms).",{"measure":85,"description":86,"timeFrame":67},"Depressive symptoms as measured by scores on the Patient Health Questionnaire 8-item (PHQ-8)","Self-administered. Based on the nine DSM-V criteria listed under criterion A for Major Depressive Disorder. Responders are asked to rate the frequency of depression symptoms in the last 2 weeks on a Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (Nearly every day). The sum of responses to each item yields a total score that screens for depression and its severity: not depressed (0-2), mild (3-5), moderate (6-8), and severe (9-12).",{"measure":88,"description":89,"timeFrame":67},"Loneliness measured by scores on the 3-item UCLA Loneliness Scale","Self-administered. Respondents rate each item as 'Never' , 'Rarely', 'Sometimes' or 'Often'. Scores range from 3 to 9. Higher numbers imply greater loneliness.","ALL","18 Years",null,{"inclusion":94,"exclusion":105,"raw_text":120},[95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104],"Adult (18 years of age or older)","Primary care visit at either one of the three partner clinics from Harris Health \\[Smith Clinic, Harris Health Outpatient Center (located on the LBJ campus), or Martin Luther King Jr. Health Center (MLK)\\] and a primary care patient within Harris Health System","Have had at least 1 visit in the past 18 months with prior history in the clinic (i.e., not first visit)","Diagnosis of CKD (Stage 2, 3a, and 3b) as defined by estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) ≥ 30 and \\\u003C90 mL\u002Fmin\u002F1.73 m2 OR CDK 1 or undiagnosed with urine Albumin Creatinine Ratio ≥ 30 mg\u002Fg","Within the past 12 months, the most current serum K+ ≤ 4.6 mEq\u002FL","English or Spanish speaking","Ability to participate in the program at least 6 months","Ability to clean, prepare, refrigerate\u002Ffreeze food products that are given to them","Have access to receive SMS text messages","Location of preferred produce bag delivery within an available delivery zone",[106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119],"CKD 4, ESRD or on dialysis.","Taking certain medications chronically (more than twice a week for 90 days) that may interfere with K+ metabolism (such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), as self-reported during enrollment screening","Taking mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists","Taking Warfarin","Diagnosis of any specific kidney conditions (such as polycystic kidney disease, glomerulonephritis, Lupus associated with Nephritis, Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV)) that would contraindicate study participation as determined by physician","Medical history of organ transplant that would contraindicate study participation as determined by physician","Received immunotherapy for primary or secondary kidney disease within 6 months prior to enrolment","Diagnostic of heart failure conditions Class IV in the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification","Had myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stroke, or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 12 weeks prior to enrolment","Had coronary revascularization (PCI, CABG) or valvular repair within 12 weeks prior to enrolment","On active hospice care as self-reported during enrollment screening","Diagnosis of active malignancy requiring treatment that would contraindicate study participation as determined by physician","Has decompensated cirrhosis as determined by physician","Cognitive impairment that would contraindicate study participation as self-reported during enrollment screening","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Adult (18 years of age or older)\n* Primary care visit at either one of the three partner clinics from Harris Health \\[Smith Clinic, Harris Health Outpatient Center (located on the LBJ campus), or Martin Luther King Jr. Health Center (MLK)\\] and a primary care patient within Harris Health System\n* Have had at least 1 visit in the past 18 months with prior history in the clinic (i.e., not first visit)\n* Diagnosis of CKD (Stage 2, 3a, and 3b) as defined by estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) ≥ 30 and \\\u003C90 mL\u002Fmin\u002F1.73 m2 OR CDK 1 or undiagnosed with urine Albumin Creatinine Ratio ≥ 30 mg\u002Fg\n* Within the past 12 months, the most current serum K+ ≤ 4.6 mEq\u002FL\n* English or Spanish speaking\n* Ability to participate in the program at least 6 months\n* Ability to clean, prepare, refrigerate\u002Ffreeze food products that are given to them\n* Have access to receive SMS text messages\n* Location of preferred produce bag delivery within an available delivery zone\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* CKD 4, ESRD or on dialysis.\n* Taking certain medications chronically (more than twice a week for 90 days) that may interfere with K+ metabolism (such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), as self-reported during enrollment screening\n* Taking mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists\n* Taking Warfarin\n* Diagnosis of any specific kidney conditions (such as polycystic kidney disease, glomerulonephritis, Lupus associated with Nephritis, Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV)) that would contraindicate study participation as determined by physician\n* Medical history of organ transplant that would contraindicate study participation as determined by physician\n* Received immunotherapy for primary or secondary kidney disease within 6 months prior to enrolment\n* Diagnostic of heart failure conditions Class IV in the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification\n* Had myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stroke, or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 12 weeks prior to enrolment\n* Had coronary revascularization (PCI, CABG) or valvular repair within 12 weeks prior to enrolment\n* On active hospice care as self-reported during enrollment screening\n* Diagnosis of active malignancy requiring treatment that would contraindicate study participation as determined by physician\n* Has decompensated cirrhosis as determined by physician\n* Cognitive impairment that would contraindicate study participation as self-reported during enrollment screening",[122,123],"ADULT","OLDER_ADULT",[125,134,138],{"facility":126,"status":8,"city":127,"state":128,"zip":129,"country":130,"geoPoint":131},"Harris Health System's Outpatient Center","Houston","Texas","77026","United States",{"lat":132,"lon":133},29.76328,-95.36327,{"facility":135,"status":8,"city":127,"state":128,"zip":136,"country":130,"geoPoint":137},"Harris Health System's Martin Luther King Jr. Health Center","77047",{"lat":132,"lon":133},{"facility":139,"status":8,"city":127,"state":128,"zip":140,"country":130,"geoPoint":141},"Harris Health System's Smith Clinic","77054",{"lat":132,"lon":133},[143,148],{"name":144,"role":145,"phone":146,"email":147},"Courtney Mulligan, MA","CONTACT","512-522-4349","Courtney.Mulligan@austin.utexas.edu",{"name":149,"role":145,"phone":150,"email":151},"Nicole Clark, MBA","210-316-5443","nicole.clark@austin.utexas.edu",[153],{"name":154,"affiliation":13,"role":155},"Maninder Kahlon, PhD","PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",[],[],{"nct_id":4,"conditions":159,"biomarkers":161},[160],"Chronic Kidney Disease",[],{"nct_id":4,"found":163,"summary":164,"prompt_version":174},true,{"design":165,"status":166,"heading":167,"summary":168,"follow_up":169,"word_count":170,"commitments":171,"compensation":172,"drugs_mentioned":173},"This is a randomized study with 330 participants, meaning you would be randomly assigned to either receive the program or educational materials and usual care.","completed","Kidney Health: Eat Well, Live Well Program for Chronic Kidney Disease","This study is testing a program called \"Kidney Health: Eat Well, Live Well\" for adults with early-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD, stages 2 or 3). The program aims to help you eat healthier to slow down kidney damage. If you join, you might receive kidney-friendly produce deliveries, recipes, grocery store gift cards, educational materials, and support from a \"Health Partner.\" Researchers will compare these participants to those who receive educational materials and usual care. The main goal is to see if the program reduces kidney injury, measured by a urine test (UACR), and improves heart health, mental well-being, and diet quality. This study is for adults aged 18 and older who are patients at specific Harris Health clinics.","Your kidney health and other factors will be measured at the start, 3 months, and 6 months after joining the study.",118,"If you join the program, you would receive support and resources over 6 months, including calls and deliveries. You would also have clinic visits for data collection at the start, 3 months, and 6 months.","You may receive e-gift cards to a grocery store of your choice as part of the intervention.",[],"v2"]