Clinical trial · Interventional
Southwest Harvest for Health Vegetable Gardening Intervention
Southwest Harvest for Health: A Mentored Vegetable Gardening Intervention for Cancer Survivors in New Mexico
NCT04251299CI-TRIAL-00087040completedN/AResults postedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
"Harvest for Health" is a home-based vegetable gardening intervention that pairs cancer survivors with certified master gardeners (MGs) from the Cooperative Extension System, the education and outreach arm of land-grant universities nationwide.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Survivor | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| home-based, mentored vegetable gardening program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Single Arm
- description
- All participants will receive the 10-month mentored, vegetable gardening intervention
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: home-based, mentored vegetable gardening program
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Feasibility of the Intervention
- timeFrame
- through study completion, an average of 9 months
- description
- Ability to recruit 25 cancer survivors in 3 months, achieve 80% retention rates, 80% adherence to the intervention, and high acceptability of the program for both cancer survivors (participants) and Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners.
Secondary outcomes (5)
- measure
- Pre-post Change in Vegetable and Fruit Intake
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 50 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 50 years or older * Residing in Bernalillo or Sandoval County, New Mexico * Diagnosed with an invasive cancer (any type) * Completed primary treatment (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy)(note: endocrine therapy is allowed) * Able to read, speak, and understand English (The future larger trial will include Spanish-Speaking participants) * Not told by a physician to limit physical activity and no pre-existing medical condition(s) that would preclude home gardening, e.g., severe orthopedic conditions, hip or knee replacement surgery within 6 months), end-stage renal disease, paralysis, dementia, blindness, unstable angina, untreated stage 3 hypertension, or recent history of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or pulmonary conditions that required oxygen or hospitalization within 6 months. * Currently not adhering to the recommended number of fruit and vegetable servings per day (consuming fewer than 5 servings of vegetables and fruits/day and not meeting the recommended guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (\< 150 minutes/week) * Reside in a location that can accommodate a 4' x 8' raised garden bed or 4 (29" x 14") garden containers, or adequate (at least 4 hours) of sunlight per day and have access to running water * No existing or recent (within the past year) experience with vegetable gardening * Able to participate in the 10-month intervention (all three seasonal gardens; from mid-February through early November 2020)
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