NCT07101289

Eat Well Heart Failure

Eat Well Produce Prescription for Duke Health Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 900 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this parallel pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to evaluate the impact of Eat Well (an evidence-based 'Food is Medicine' produce prescription program) with varying levels of behavioral support on health outcomes and care utilization patterns of Duke Health patients diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF). Objectives of this three arm trial include testing the effectiveness of Eat Well alone with minimal behavioral support and Eat Well with intensified behavioral support based on an evidence based approach to improve CHF patients' health outcomes, estimating health care cost savings between the intervention and control arms, and identifying barriers, facilitators, and potential strategies to enhance Eat Well effectiveness and implementation.

Conditions

• Congestive Heart Failure Chronic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Personal health planning and nutritional coaching	Behavioral support will be offed by ZealCare, an evidence-based, virtual coaching behavioral support program for patients with chronic conditions.
OTHER	Prescription Produce	Eat Well is a prescription produce program that provides a reloadable, restricted use debit card to participants to purchase fresh, frozen, or canned fruits, vegetables, and legumes at grocery stores.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-10-22
• Primary completion: 2026-12-01
• Completion: 2027-12-01
• First posted: 2025-08-03
• Last updated: 2025-11-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States