Native american tribe leads study to fight food insecurity and pollution
NCT ID NCT06315140
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study works with the Ramapough Nation to improve food sovereignty and health by promoting traditional farming and nutritious eating. Researchers will collect health surveys, blood and urine samples, and test soil and water for contaminants. The goal is to understand how environmental pollution affects health and to support sustainable food systems.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Nutrition (tradition-centered farming practices and nutritious food)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help reduce food insecurity and improve health in environmentally-impacted Native American communities.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational and community-based study, not a clinical trial testing a new drug or treatment. Results may not apply broadly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female between the age of 18 - 80 years old at the time of enrollment * Living on the streets of Halifax Road, Orange Turnpike, Ramapo Ave, 1st-7th Streets, Mountain Avenue and Fox Hollow Road in Hillburn, NY; Peter's Mine Road, Canon Mine Road, Pipeline Road, Milligan Drive, Cable House Road and Van Dunk Lane in Ringwood, NJ; Stag Hill Road, and Ramapo Brae Lane in Mahwah, NJ * Willing and able to provide consent Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women and individuals under 18 or over 80 years old * Do not live in the identified streets above and/or have lived there for less than 2 years will be excluded from the study
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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NYU Langone Health
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10016, United States
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