Tailored Anti-Inflammatory (A-I) Diet for Hispanics With Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

122

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 5, 2025

Primary Completion Date

September 1, 2030

Study Completion Date

September 1, 2030

Conditions
Ulcerative Colitis
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Catered diet

For a period of 8 weeks the participant will receive catered food, the study team will provide the participants breakfast, lunch and dinner. Participants will receive catered food for 3 daily meals, and record daily food intake. Catered diet will be sent to participants' homes on a weekly basis. The diet will consist of primarily whole foods with few additives, with a focus on Hispanic cultural foods.

BEHAVIORAL

Diet guidance sessions

Participants will receive virtual weekly diet guidance with a dietitian regarding food safety preparation methods and cooking practices. Patients will receive weekly gift cards for grocery stipend. On average, initial counseling session with dietitian will last 30 minutes, and 7 follow-up sessions will last 20 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

Dietary counseling

Participants will receive dietary counseling weekly on Zoom for up to 30 minutes. Dietitian will meet with participants to explain benefits of adhering to diet therapy.

BEHAVIORAL

Feedback sessions

Participants will be involved in one-time 50-minute feedback session over Zoom with dietitian and principal investigator. During the session, participants will discuss preferred foods/recipes during active disease, likeability of recipes, ease of recipe preparation, dietary adherence, and healthy food affordability.

Trial Locations (1)

33136

RECRUITING

University of Miami Health System, Miami

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

NIH

lead

University of Miami

OTHER