Recruiting

Culturally Tailored Diet

Sponsor:

Stanford University

Code:

NCT06836479

Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)

Type 2 Diabetes

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

NOURISH Diet

Self-Selected Diet (Control)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The investigators are hoping to determine whether tailoring the diet of someone with type 2 diabetes to their ethnic group while following American Diabetes Association guidelines can make a significant difference in their blood sugar controls. Participants will be required to wear a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) for 1-month so that the investigators can compare blood sugar levels when participants are eating their routine diet vs. the culturally tailored diabetes diet.

Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)

Type 2 Diabetes

Study ID

NCT06836479

Start date

Aug, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Nov, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Self-identification as Asian Indian or Filipino
  • Diagnosed with T2DM
  • Pick up and consume personally tailored cultural food and meal options for 1 week
  • Willing to wear a CGM for 30 days

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Currently taking insulin
  • Known severe allergic reactions and/or food intolerances that would interfere with the ability to eat
  • Those who, in the opinion of the investigators, cannot reliably complete the study protocol.

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Self Selected Diet to NOURISH Diet

Participants in this arm will be consuming self-selected meals (baseline/control) first (During Week 2 of the intervention), followed by the NOURISH diet in the next week (Week 3). Participants will be required to fill out a food diary and questionnaires using the Tastermonital app.

experimental: NOURISH Diet to Self-Selected Diet

Participants in this arm will be consuming the NOURISH diet first (During Week 2 of the intervention), followed by their self-selected diet (baseline/control) in the next week (Week 3). Participants will be required to fill out a food diary and questionnaires using the Tastermonital app.

Interventions

NOURISH Diet

NOURISH meals will be prepared by NOURISH chefs for seven days. Both South Asian and Filipino meal plans will be prepared, vegetarian, vegan and non-vegetarian options available for all. Participants will pick-up NOURISH meals at a Stanford facility and consume three meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and two snacks over one week. There will be no caloric restriction, the calories in each meal will be informed by the average intake for the participants gender and BMI.

Self-Selected Diet (Control)

The participants will eat their routine meals without any involvement of the investigators. Participants will be required to wear the CGM during this time and keep a detailed food log through Tastermonial.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Positive Area Under the Curve (pAUC) for Blood Glucose [ Time Frame: During Week 2, Week 3 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Stanford University

Recruiting

Stanford, California, United States, 94305

Contacts

Arati Nagarkar

619-241-6884arati.nagarkar@stanford.edu

Mehek Parghi

510-512-0586mparghi@stanford.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Stanford University

Last update posted

Aug 4, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Asian American
  • Asian Indian
  • Filipino
  • Medically Tailored Meals
  • Culture
  • Culturally Tailored Meals
  • Continuous Glucose Monitoring
  • Nutritional Interventions
  • Dietary Adherence
  • Diabetes Management

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Stanford University on 2026-08-04.