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ArticleContemporary clinical trials2025

Feasibility of an ADAPTive intervention to improve food security and Maternal-Child Health (ADAPT-MCH): Protocol for a pilot sequential multiple assignment randomized trial.

Deepak Palakshappa, Rebecca J Stone, Brenda Ramirez, Sarah E White, Joseph Rigdon, Richa Bundy, Sally G Eagleton, Nicole Caudill, Heather Martin, Mayte Grundseth and 4 more

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Article in Contemporary clinical trials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06942598 (Feasibility of an ADAPTive Intervention to Improve Food Security and Maternal-Child Health), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Feasibility of an ADAPTive Intervention to Improve Food Security and Maternal-Child Health (ADAPT-MCH)

TypeinterventionalSponsorWake Forest University Health SciencesRan2025 to 2027Enrolled60ConditionsFood Insecurity, PregnancyArmsProduce prescription, Medically tailored meals, Electronic health record WIC referral, Electronic health record WIC referral + care navigation
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Deepak PalakshappaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Electronic address: dpalaksh@wakehealth.edu.
Rebecca J StoneDepartment of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Brenda RamirezDepartment of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Sarah E WhiteDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Joseph RigdonDepartment of Biostatistics and Data Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Richa BundyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Sally G EagletonDepartment of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Nicole CaudillSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Heather MartinSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Mayte GrundsethForsyth County Department of Public Health, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Scott BestHelp Our People Eat (H.O.P.E), Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Morgana Mongraw-ChaffinDepartment of Population Health Research, MedStar Health Research Institute, Columbia, MD, USA.
Kristina H LewisDepartment of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Kimberly MontezDepartment of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Funding

CTSA UM1 Program at Wake ForestUM1TR004929 · NCATS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Jamy D Ard, KRISTIE L FOLEY · 2024 to 2026
$11.9M
J. NRSA Training Core (TL1)TL1TR003136 · NCATS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI TOOZE, JANET A. · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
Feasibility of an ADAPTive intervention to improve food security and Maternal-Child HealthR01DK141526 · NIDDK · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Kimberly G Montez, Deepak Palakshappa · 2025 to 2026
$620k
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR003136NCATS NIH HHS UM1 TR004929NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK141526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFood insecurity affects up to 30 % of pregnancies and is associated with worse maternal and infant health. Healthcare systems are implementing interventions to assist patients with food insecurity, but rather than providing a single intervention, adaptively providing interventions could be a more effective strategy. The objective of this study is to determine the feasibility of adaptively providing interventions to assist pregnant patients who report being food-insecure. METHODS/

designWe will conduct a pilot sequential multiple assignment randomized trial at obstetrics clinics from one health system. Adults (N = 60) who are pregnant and food-insecure will be randomized at their initial prenatal visit to one of two first-stage interventions for 3 months: 1) electronic health record (EHR) referral to WIC or 2) EHR-referral to WIC + care navigation. Participants who do not have ≥2-point improvement in food insecurity after 3 months will be re-randomized to one of two second-stage interventions for an additional 3 months: weekly delivery of 1) produce or 2) medically-tailored meals. In Aim 1, we will determine the feasibility of recruitment, and in Aim 2, we will evaluate the feasibility of re-randomization, retention, and data collection. In Aim 3, we will advance our understanding of how, why, and under what circumstances participants achieved improvements through semi-structured interviews.

conclusionsThis will be the first study to test an adaptive intervention to assist pregnant patients with food insecurity and will inform a future fully-powered trial. Given the growing interest among health systems, an efficacious, adaptive food insecurity intervention could be broadly disseminated.

trial registrationThe study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06942598) on April 23, 2025.

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Food AssistanceFood InsecurityFood SecurityPrenatal CareAdultElectronic Health RecordsFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansPilot ProjectsPregnancyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicReferral and ConsultationFeasibility studiesFood insecurityMedically-tailored mealsPregnancyProduce prescriptionsWIC

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PMID40975433
PMCPMC12771564

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