Medically Tailored Meals for Kids
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
| Condition(s) | Pediatric Cancer |
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| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | 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. |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: Eligible children (n=15) will: * be under the care of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology * have completed at least one cycle of cancer chemotherapy that included an agent known to cause alterations in taste, * expect to undergo at least two more cycles, * be aged 12-17.9 years * communicate in English or Spanish. Eligible adults (n=15) will: * be the primary parental caregiver of a study-eligible child, * be aged 18 years or older * communicate in English or Spanish. Exclusion Criteria: * none if inclusion criteria are met |
| Ages | 12 Years to 99 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Lead sponsor | UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| Locations | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States |
| Start date | 2025-11-25 |
| NCT ID | NCT06814795 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06814795 |