Texts and calls may help heart patients get healthy food
NCT ID NCT06500962
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether offering extra support, like weekly phone calls or text messages, helps people in cardiac rehabilitation sign up for and use a Food is Medicine program. 84 adults from San Francisco were randomly assigned to receive navigation calls, texts, both, or neither. After 3 months, researchers compared how many food deliveries each group received.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Navigation phone calls and text messaging
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show simple ways to help people eat healthier after heart problems.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study that only looked at enrollment, not health outcomes. Results may not apply to other groups.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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