An interventional study of Plant-based diet education in Diet, Healthy and Colorectal Cancer, sponsored by Stanford University. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-28.
Sponsored by Stanford University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
Dietary patterns are a potentially modifiable risk factor for colon cancer recurrence, flares in inflammatory bowel diseases, and for chronic diseases. Nutritional counseling is rarely brought up during medical appointment. As a result, patients are often left confused regarding which specific dietary recommendation to follow after surgical treatment. A plant-based diet is naturally high in fiber and is beneficial to long-term health, especially for patients with colorectal diseases.
The aims of this study are to:
Standard of care: patients with colorectal diseases are sometimes advised to eat healthfully before and after to surgery. They are also encouraged to increase fiber intake and to take fiber supplements, but not particularly encouraged to eat more plants.
Research Activities:
Intervention: at baseline, data will be collected regarding clinical information of the patients (age, body mass index, comorbidities, medications or supplements, physical activity level), and baseline dietary pattern, which will be evaluated through a validated shortened Food Frequency Questionnaire. Patients will be assessed regarding their stage of change according to the transtheoretical model. A Food Choice Questionnaire will be administered to understand what drives their food choices. A Quality of Life questionnaire for patients recovering from surgery will also be administered.
The intervention proposed is a "6-week challenge", in which participants will be encouraged to make at least one change towards a plant-based diet per week. They will receive weekly emails with information about plant-based diets and a goal/task for each week.
There will be a 'core curriculum' that will be sent to all participants, as well as additional information according to the participant's stage of change and food choice preferences.
All information will be available on a website that was created for this study (http://eat2heal.su.domains/). The website features curated information about plant-based diets, and is tailored to patients who had recent colorectal operations and may have a colostomy or an ileostomy. The goal is to recruit 60 patients with colorectal diseases
Semi-structured interviews will be conducted at the end of the intervention period to identify areas for improvement, barriers and facilitators to adopt a plant-based diet, and other health attitudes that may have changed as a result of the intervention.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Participants will receive an educational intervention about how to incorporate more plant foods into their diet.
Behavioral: Plant-based diet education
Participants will receive weekly emails with information about plant-based diets and a goal/task for each week. There will be a 'core curriculum' that will be sent to all participants, as well as additional information according to the participant's stage of change and food choice preferences. All information will be available on a website that will be created for this study. The website will feature curated information about plant-based diets, that is tailored to patients who had recent colorectal operations and may have a colostomy or an ileostomy.
Effect of the intervention on participant's Healthy Plant-Based Diet Index
The Healthy Plant-Based Diet Index will be calculated from a standardized Food Frequency Questionnaire, which will be administered upon enrollment and 2 weeks after the end of the intervention
Time frame: 2 weeks after the intervention
Effect of the intervention on participant's Quality of Life
Quality of life will be assessed through a validated Quality of Life Questionnaire that will be administered upon enrollment and 2 weeks after the end of the intervention
Time frame: 2 weeks after the intervention
Barriers and facilitators to transitioning to a healthier diet
A semi-structured interview will be performed to identify barriers and facilitators to transitioning to a healthier diet
Time frame: 2 weeks after the intervention
Secondary health gains associated with adopting a plant-based diet
A semi-structured interview will be performed to identify secondary health gains that may be expected by adopting a plant-based diet
Time frame: 2 weeks after the intervention
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