An interventional study of MedChef App and MedChefs and Instacart food voucher in Heart Failure, sponsored by Sutter Health. Enrolling by invitation at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 89 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-31.
Sponsored by Sutter Health · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
Measuring the impact of a guideline-based nutrition digital tool in heart failure patients
The goal of this research clinical trial is to learn understand or learn whether a guideline-based nutrition application (app) called MedChefs can help heart failure patients adopt and sustain an evidence-based dietary patterns.
5,803 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Failure; 1,222 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 180 is above the median of 72 across 3,790 interventional studies indexed under Heart Failure.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with certain patient history (cognitive disabilities) and end stage renal or metastatic cancer diagnosis
Patients in the control arm will be asked to complete a baseline survey questionnaire and a final survey questionnaire 6 months after they enroll. During enrollment or (if not obtained at baseline) up to 1 month after, patients will be asked to provide their baseline BP and weight measurements. Study team members will contact patients at month 3 and 6 to ask how they are doing and get follow up BP and weight measurements.
Once patients have been randomized to the MedChefs arm, they will be contacted by the research team and sent an email link to use the MedChefs app During enrollment or up to 1 month after, patients will be contacted to provide their baseline BP and weight measurements. Patients will be contacted at month 3 and 6 by the research team to see how they are doing, about their app use, get their BP and weight measurements and will be sent a final survey 6 months after they first log into MedChefs.
Other: MedChef App
Once patients have been randomized to the MedChefs arm and voucher arm, they will be contacted by the research team and sent an email link to use the MedChefs app. Patients will also be given a $100 voucher to buy food recommended by the app. Vouchers will be provided once a month for the 6 months of the study. During enrollment or up to 1 month after, patients will be asked to provide their baseline BP and weight measurements. At month 3 and 6 the research team will contact the patients to see how they are doing and ask for patients follow up BP and weight measurements. Patients will also be asked to complete a final survey 6 months after they first log into MedChefs.
Other: MedChef App · Other: MedChefs and Instacart food voucher
Once patients have been randomized to the MedChefs arm, they will be contacted by the research team and sent an email link to use the MedChefs app. The research team will contact the patient based on their preferred contact method and will walk through how to use the app and share education on its use.
Also known as: Nutritional App
Once patients have been randomized to the MedChefs arm and voucher arm, they will be contacted by the research team and sent an email link to use the MedChefs app. The research team will contact the patient based on their preferred contact method and will walk through how to use the app and share education on its use and use of Instacart food vouchers. Patients will also be given a $100 voucher to buy food recommended by the app. Vouchers will be provided once a month for the 6 months of the study
Also known as: nutrition app, food voucher
Blood Pressure
Blood pleasure will be measure by mmHg
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months
Weight
Weight will be measured in pounds
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months
Plan to share: No
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