Navajo traditional foods may cut heart failure hospital visits
NCT ID NCT06549699
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether providing pre-made, heart-healthy meals that include traditional Navajo foods could help people with heart failure avoid hospital stays or emergency room visits. Over 200 participants either received these meals for 60 days or continued their usual care. The goal was to see if the special meals could improve health and reduce the need for urgent medical care.
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Study facts
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- 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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206 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>=18 years * ICD I50\* diagnosis * Clinical encounter in last 12 months * Primary care physician at the two IHS sites * Hospitalization (any-cause) or ER visit within last 12 months Exclusion Criteria * Hospice care * Living in acute rehabilitation or skilled nursing facility * Living outside the Gallup Service Unit (outside 50-mile catchment area)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gallup Indian Medical Center
Gallup, New Mexico, 87301, United States
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Tohatchi Health Clinic
Tohatchi, New Mexico, 87325, United States
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