Food is Medicine in Survivorship: Examining the Feasibility and Impact of a Scalable Food Delivery and Culinary Medicine Program (FoodiiS) Among Pediatric Cancer Survivors and Their Families

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Status: Begins enrollment in 2 months

Conditions: Pediatric Cancer

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: FoodiiS plus Culinary Essentials Food Delivery; Dietary Supplement: Culinary Essentials Food Delivery Only; Dietary Supplement: Waitlist control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07218328

2025-1327

NCI-2025-07664 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this research study is to learn if the FoodiiS-Kids intervention is useful to parents and guardians of pediatric cancer survivors.

Full description

Primary Objective:

Assess the feasibility and acceptability of the FoodiiS intervention for parents of pediatric cancer survivors (recruitment, retention, satisfaction).

Secondary Objective:

Explore the preliminary efficacy of FoodiiS to improve diet quality and cooking behaviors among parents of pediatric cancer survivor.

Enrollment: 21 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents/guardians of school-aged (5-12 years) pediatric cancer survivors.
• Have children that are within five years of having completed active treatment.
• Self-report having internet access.
• Self-report as being able to speak and read English.
• Willing to complete study assessments.

Exclusion criteria

• Parents of pediatric cancer survivors over 12 years of age.
• Unwilling or unable to complete study assessments.
• Self-report to not speak English.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 3 patient groups

Waitlist Control (No Treatment until after T1 and then Access to all FoodiiS Materials)

Experimental group

Description:

Target participants for this study will be parents/guardians of school-aged (5-12 years) pediatric cancer survivors that are within first 5 years off active treatment.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Waitlist control

Dietary Supplement: FoodiiS plus Culinary Essentials Food Delivery

FoodiiS (Digital Culnary Medicine Intervention + Culinary Essentials Food Delivery)

Experimental group

Description:

Target participants for this study will be parents/guardians of school-aged (5-12 years) pediatric cancer survivors that are within first 5 years off active treatment.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Culinary Essentials Food Delivery Only

Culinary Essential Food Delivery Alone (No Other Intervention)

Experimental group

Description:

Target participants for this study will be parents/guardians of school-aged (5-12 years) pediatric cancer survivors that are within first 5 years off active treatment.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Waitlist control