Medically Tailored Meals for Kids

Part of paid clinical trials in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Sponsor
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Study ID
NCT06814795
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Pediatric Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
12 Years - 99 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Medically tailored meals — OTHER
    The intervention will be 12-weeks in duration, with "doses" (meal deliveries) of up to 10 healthy, frozen meals per week for household use as needed, plus selected condiments for personalization

Study Details

The purpose of this project is to learn whether an intervention that provides households with home-delivered healthy, frozen meals tailored to illness related conditions for 12 weeks during a child's treatment for serious illness is feasible and acceptable to the child and parent mainly responsible for the child's care.

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 25, 2025
Status verified
Jan 2026
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2027
Completion
Jun 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Medically-tailored meals for children being treated for cancer with chemotherapy
    The intervention will be 12-weeks induration, with weekly "doses" (meal deliveries) of up to 10 healthy, frozen meals per week for household use as needed, plus selected condiments for personalization.

Primary Outcome Measure

Parent-reported feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness and accessibility of MTM-Kids [ Time Frame: Baseline and 12 weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
North Carolina Basnight Cancer HospitalChapel HillNorth Carolina27599
Sheila J. Santacroce, PhD
[email protected]
984-974-0000
Andrew Smitherman, MD
[email protected]
(984) 974-0000

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