The INFINITE Study: A Prospective Investigation of a Nutrient-dense Diet in Early Addiction Recovery

Northern Arizona University (NAU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Addiction; Mental Health Issue

Treatments: Behavioral: Plant-based diet + nutrition education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04030858

1410688

Details and patient eligibility

About

The trial will be placed within an ongoing addiction recovery program at Infinite Recovery in Austin, TX. Members with any addiction enrolling in an inpatient treatment program at Infinite Recovery will be recruited into this 1-year study to evaluate the effectiveness of a plant-based diet to aid drug and/or alcohol addiction recovery. Volunteers willing to participate in the trial will be randomly assigned to a treatment or control group. Those in the treatment group will follow the standard protocol offered by Infinite Recovery, with the exception that they will be provided with only plant-based meals. Both groups will also receive nutrition education to support their dietary plan. Several health and wellbeing endpoints will be assessed as part of the standard care at Infinite Recovery, combined with a few additional measurements described within this study protocol.

Enrollment: 125 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 or older
• Entering inpatient treatment at Infinite Recovery Addiction Treatment Facility

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant
• Psychiatrically unstable.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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125 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment group

Experimental group

Description:

The treatment group will eat a nutrient-dense plant-based diet and attend weekly nutrition education sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Plant-based diet + nutrition education

Control group

No Intervention group