Veterans with kidney disease get free produce boxes in new study
NCT ID NCT07194733
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study is testing whether providing free produce boxes and nutrition education can improve health outcomes for Veterans with kidney disease and food insecurity. The study will enroll 20 participants and measure changes in blood pressure and kidney function. Researchers will also interview participants to learn about their experiences.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- food boxes and nutrition education
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that providing healthy food and education helps manage kidney disease and related conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It is designed to gather initial data, not to prove a treatment works.
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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 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
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: * Age 18+ * CKD stage 3b or 4 * Positive screen for nutrition insecurity (e.g., Tufts screener) * Receiving care at the VA and residing in Food Bank of the Rockies service area * Ability to provide informed consent, English Exclusion Criteria: * Stage 1-3a CKD and stage 5 CKD/ESRD (dialysis or transplant) * Currently enrolled in a conflicting dietary trial * Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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