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NCT Number: NCT06630442

Food Safety Educational Training Program to Improve Food Safety Knowledge and Behaviors in Cancer Patients Receiving Treatment

This clinical trial evaluates the impact of a food safety educational training program on food safety knowledge and behaviors in cancer patients receiving treatment. Cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, can put patients at risk for foodborne infections and despite this risk, it has been reported that patients do not receive any food safety counseling until they are already experiencing low white blood cell counts. A food safety educational training program may help cancer patients make better choices of low-risk foods and prepare foods safely.

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Key information

Conditions

Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

About this study

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. Evaluate the efficacy of a food safety education intervention for cancer patients.

OUTLINE:

Patients attend a food safety educational training program over 50 minutes on study.

After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up at 5 weeks.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants must be at least 18 years of age
  • Able to fluently read and converse in English (though it does not have to be their first language)
  • All participants must be diagnosed with cancer, any stage, and be receiving some form of treatment at the aforementioned facilities
  • Informed consent must be obtained from each patient prior to participation in any aspect of the study

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients who do not meet these criteria or are not willing or are unable to give informed consent, will be excluded from this study
  • Patients with prescribed dietary limitations or currently on neutropenic diet unrelated to this study will not be included

Treatment and study plan

Educational Intervention

Other

Attend a food safety educational training program

Other names: Education for Intervention, Intervention by Education, Intervention through Education, Intervention, Educational

Questionnaire Administration

Other

Ancillary studies

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in food safety knowledge

    Time frame: From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

    Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using analysis of variance (ANOVA).

  2. Changes in attitudes

    Time frame: From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

    Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

  3. Changes in risk perception

    Time frame: From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

    Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

  4. Changes in self-efficacy

    Time frame: From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

    Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

  5. Changes in behaviors

    Time frame: From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

    Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

  6. Changes in food acquisition practices

    Time frame: From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

    Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

  7. Changes in high-risk food consumption

    Time frame: From baseline up to 5 weeks post intervention

    Pre and post responses will be determined using score calculation and compared using ANOVA.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Efficacy of an Educational Food Safety Intervention for Cancer Patients Receiving Treatment

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Oct 8, 2024
Registry last updated
May 15, 2025

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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