Malnutrition clinical trials at UCSF

2 in progress, 1 open to eligible people

Malnutrition occurs when the body lacks essential nutrients. UCSF is testing if offering support and sending text messages increase involvement in their nutrition programs. The research focuses on creating better engagement methods for affected individuals.

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  • Enhanced SUPport for Initiation and paRticipation in a FOOD is Medicine Program

    open to eligible people ages 18 years and up

    The purpose of this research is to see if offering more navigation and text-message support will help increase participation and engagement in a Food is Medicine program. The study will recruit people currently participating in cardiac rehabilitation. People will be randomly assigned to 1 of 4 study groups: navigation, text-messaging, both, or neither. People will complete surveys at the start of the study and after 3 months. After 3 months, we will compare how many Food is Medicine meals or groceries people in each group received.

    San Francisco 5391959, California 5332921

  • Individualized Study of Refeeding to Optimize iNpatient Gains

    Sorry, accepting new patients by invitation only

    The primary purpose of the trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of Individualized Caloric Refeeding (ICR) to the new standard of care, Higher Calorie Refeeding (HCR), in hospitalized patients with atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN), and clinical remission over one year of follow-up.

    San Francisco 5391959, California 5332921 and other locations

Our lead scientists for Malnutrition research studies include .

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