Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Code:

NCT07075653

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Survey using a questionnaire.

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this observational study is to learn what affects a person's openness to adopting a vegetarian diet in urban community members with chronic disease.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

How open are individuals to adopting a vegetarian diet? What are the barriers to adopting a vegetarian diet?

Researchers will compare Black and White individuals to see if there are differences.

Participants will be asked to fill out a survey about their openness to going vegetarian as well as barriers to going vegetarian such as perceived stigma, tastiness, financial cost, convenience, familiarity, and healthfulness.

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Study ID

NCT07075653

Start date

Jan 30, 2024

Status verified date

Jul, 2025

Completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18-88 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age <18 or >88 years old

Study Design

Enrollment

150 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Midtown

This group includes participants recruited at the UMMC Midtown Campus.

UMMC

This group includes participants recruited at University of Maryland Medical Center.

UHC

This group includes participants recruited at the University of Maryland University Health Center.

Interventions

Survey using a questionnaire.

Participants fill out a brief survey in which they answer questions about vegetarian diets.

Primary outcome measure

  • Openness to going vegetarian [ Time Frame: 5-10 minutes ]
  • Anticipated vegetarian stigma [ Time Frame: 5-10 minutes ]
  • Perceived tastiness of a vegetarian diet [ Time Frame: 5-10 minutes ]
  • Perceived financial cost of a vegetarian diet [ Time Frame: 5-10 minutes ]
  • Familiarity of a vegetarian diet [ Time Frame: 5-10 minutes ]
  • Perceived convenience of a vegetarian diet [ Time Frame: 5-10 minutes ]
  • Perceived healthfulness of a vegetarian diet [ Time Frame: 5-10 minutes ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Mihir Patel, MD, MD, FACP

667-214-1500Mihir.Patel@som.umaryland.edu

Jennifer Paul, MPH, RD

3018079647jenniferpaul@som.umaryland.edu

Locations

University Health Center

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201

Contacts

Mihir Patel, MD, MS, FACP

Mihir.Patel@som.umaryland.edu

University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201

Contacts

Mihir Patel, MD, MS, FACP

667-214-1500Mihir.Patel@som.umaryland.edu

University of Maryland Medical Center

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201

Contacts

Mihir Patel, MD, MS, FACP

667-214-1500Mihir.Patel@som.umaryland.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Last update posted

Jul 20, 2025

Last verified

Jul, 2025

Keywords

  • vegetarian
  • vegetarian diet

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Maryland, Baltimore on 2025-07-20.