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Effect of a Healthy Food Voucher on Blood Glucose Control in People With Type 2 Diabetes or Prediabetes
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Food voucher.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Diabete Type 2. Basic parameters: from 19 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Canada
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effect of a Healthy Food Voucher on Blood Glucose Control in People With Type 2 Diabetes or Prediabetes: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) will determine if access to a voucher for healthy foods reduces blood sugar levels among people living on a low income who have type 2 diabetes or elevated blood sugar.
Interventions
- Behavioral Food voucher
A voucher of that can be redeemed for food at grocery stores.
Primary outcome measures
- Hemoglobin A1c [Time frame: 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
- General health ("In general, how would you rate your health today?") [Time frame: 6 months]
- Financial security ("Do you have trouble making ends meet at the end of the month?") [Time frame: 6 months]
- Food insecurity measured by 6 questions from Household Food Security Survey [Time frame: 6 months]
- Fruit and vegetable consumption [Time frame: 6 months]
- Health care utilization using administrative data [Time frame: 6 months]
- Carotenoid level [Time frame: 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- hemoglobin A1c 6.0 to 11.0
- report food insecurity or financial insecurity
Exclusion criteria
- live with a current study participant
- life expectancy < 6 months
- multiple life-threatening allergies to common foods
- require total parenteral nutrion
- blood dyscrasia that interferes with hemoglobin A1c interpretation
- hemoglobin A1c >11
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Canada · 1 center
- St Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team — Toronto
Publications
- Ul Haq MZ, Sinha L, Nwebube C, Buadu A, Sabir A, Persaud N. Experiences of people with diabetes receiving a voucher for healthy foods: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 2026 Feb 10;26(1):892. doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-26436-y. PMID 41664067
- Persaud N, Ul Haq MZ, Buadu A, Sabir A, Sinha L, Thorpe KE, Xu K, Hwang SW, Pinto AD, Gucciardi E. Voucher for Healthy Foods and Diabetes Control: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Dec 1;185(12):1434-1441. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.5420. PMID 41114992
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05776420 · 21-112