Telenutrition for Individuals With SCI
Eligible age
20+ yrs
Accepts
All genders
Locations
1 state
Healthy volunteers
No
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About this study
This study will provide nutrition counseling via FaceTime on an iPad to persons with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) who are overweight or obese and are at least one-year post-injury. Nutrition counseling may help participants to develop eating behaviors that match the participants' needs and help improve heart health. The purpose of this project is to decrease the risk of complications like obesity, high cholesterol, or diabetes, and explore associations between bowel and bladder function and nutrition. This study will require 3 in person visits that are about 3 months apart. The total length of the study is about 6 months and includes 3 months of telenutrition counseling.
Sponsor: Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System
You may qualify if…
- ✓ 1. Individuals with traumatic SCI
- ✓ 2. At least 1-year post-injury
- ✓ 3. Age 20 years of age or older
- ✓ 4. BMI \> 22 kg/m2 at enrollment
- ✓ 5. Proficiency in English or Spanish
- ✓ 6. Living at home or in a private home setting (i.e., not an extended care facility) in the state of California
- ✓ 7. Able / willing to come to SCVMC for in-person assessments
- ✓ 8. Primarily a wheelchair user (\>40 hours per week)
You may not qualify if…
- ✕ 1. Medical instability (e.g., uncontrolled hypertension, pneumonia, severe pressure injury)
- ✕ 2. Current self-reported pregnancy
- ✕ 3. Other medical condition requiring a strict specialized diet (e.g., renal failure, diabetes)
- ✕ 4. Participation in another diet program (e.g., Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, clinic-based program) and/or participated in another diet program within the past 6 months
- ✕ 5. Current or past diagnosis of an eating disorder (e.g., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder)
- ✕ 6. Receiving enteral nutrition
- ✕ 7. Individuals without a primary care physician
- ✕ 8. HbA1c \>7% (these individuals would need to be treated with metformin or other anti-diabetic medication and the intervention would have to be significantly altered for them)
Where it's recruiting
San Jose
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT05468437 · last updated 2025-05-16