Recruiting

Food Tracking

Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Code:

NCT06919471

Conditions

Dietary Monitoring

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Fitbit

MySnackTracker App

Study Details

Brief summary:

To learn if a method of abbreviated food tracking (called MySnackTracker) is a reasonable alternative to traditional full-intake food tracking and to compare the adherence to and acceptability of each method.

Conditions

Dietary Monitoring

Study ID

NCT06919471

Start date

Apr 8, 2025

Status verified date

May, 2026

Completion date

May 1, 2030

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 1, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an participants must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
  • Access to internet connection, email address, and smartphone able to download the intervention app
  • Current or previous participation in one of the following DFI cohorts: PA17-0584 (MERIT Study), Project CHURCH, High Risk Breast Cohort, Mexican-American Cohort, and rural cancer survivors from the Mind Your BEAT study
  • Demonstrated ability to read and understand English. The study app is currently only available in English.

Exclusion Criteria

An participant who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

  • Prisoners
  • Anyone currently under 18 years of age
  • Cognitively impaired participants
  • Pregnant women (assessed by self-report)
  • BMI less than 28 or greater than 40
  • Self-reported previous or planned bariatric surgery
  • Self-reported current or planned use of a GLP-1 agonist medication
  • Self-reported current or planned participation in another weight loss intervention
  • Cancer participants receiving active treatment
  • Anyone currently unable to participate in the research for the duration of the study
  • No current motivation to lose weight

Study Design

Enrollment

90 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Group 2: Fitbit

Participants in Group 2, will use the Fitbit food logging app to track their dietary intake. Participants will be asked to log all food and drink intake.

experimental: Group 1: MySnackTracker

Participants in Group 1 will use MySnackTracker to track their dietary intake. Participants will be asked to log only high-calorie, low-nutrient food and drinks, or snacks" (for example, cookies, chips and dip, and alcohol). A full list of these foods and drinks is provided in the app.

Interventions

Fitbit

Wear it on wrist

MySnackTracker App

App to track your dietary intake

Primary outcome measure

  • Safety and adverse events [ Time Frame: Through study completion; an average of 1 year ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Karen M Basen-Engquist, MD

713-745-3123kbasenen@mdanderson.org

Locations

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Karen M Basen-Engquist, MD

kbasenen@mdanderson.org

Principal Investigator:

Karen M Basen-Engquist, MD

More Information

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Last update posted

May 29, 2026

Last verified

May, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center on 2026-05-29.