Free groceries for diabetes? study tests if money for healthy food lowers blood sugar
NCT ID NCT06061861
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving people with type 2 diabetes money to buy healthy foods online, plus free delivery, helps lower their blood sugar levels. About 1,000 adults with poorly controlled diabetes will either get money for healthy food plus free delivery, or just free delivery. Researchers will check blood sugar changes after 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- financial support for healthy food and free home delivery
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that providing money for healthy groceries helps people with diabetes better manage their blood sugar.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug, so results may vary. The study is also limited to one health plan and region, so findings may not apply everywhere.
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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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1,007 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
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 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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: * Adults aged ≥18 years old at enrollment * Active membership in Kaiser Permanente with Medi-Cal insurance and no additional private or commercial insurance * Diagnosis of Type II diabetes mellitus (not including Type I diabetes mellitus or gestational diabetes mellitus) * At least 2 outpatient glycosylated hemoglobin measures ≥7.5% in the prior 18 months * Current access to the internet via computer or mobile device * No interpreter needed Exclusion Criteria: * Advanced or end-stage kidney disease (estimated glomerular filtration rate ≤15 ml/min/1.73m\^2 or receiving outpatient dialysis or having a prior kidney transplant) * Known pregnancy at time of identification
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
Pleasanton, California, 94588, United States
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Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation
Pasadena, California, 91101, United States
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