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Free grocery vouchers could lower diabetes risk

NCT ID NCT05776420

Disease control Sponsor: Unity Health Toronto Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether giving a healthy food voucher to people with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes who have low income can improve their blood sugar control. About 390 participants will be randomly assigned to receive the voucher or not. The main goal is to see if hemoglobin A1c levels drop over time.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
healthy food voucher
What this could lead to
If it works, this could show that providing vouchers for healthy food helps control blood sugar in people with diabetes or prediabetes who struggle with food costs.
What could go wrong
This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug, so results may vary widely. The trial is still recruiting, and success depends on participants actually using the voucher for healthy choices.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 3

Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.

Participants

About 390 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Mar 2023

Expected to finish

Apr 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

19 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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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: * 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

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

prediabetes syndrome type 2 diabetes mellitus

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Diabete type 2

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • St Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team

    RECRUITING

    Toronto, Canada

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