Research
Current Studies & Projects
Diet Assessments
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A Randomized, Prospective Study of a Behaviorally-based Tailored Disease Management Intervention vs Control in Patients with Risk Factors for Liver Disease
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05196867 Opens a new window
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Addition of Cord Blood Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells to Ruxolitinib for the Treatment of Steroid-Refractory Acute Graft Versus Host Disease
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04744116 Opens a new window
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Assessing User Satisfaction and Adherence to an Abbreviated Dietary Tracking App (MySnackTracker) Versus Full-intake Dietary Monitoring
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06919471 Opens a new window
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Association of Biomarkers Found in Tissue, Urine, Blood, Feces with Clinical Outcomes in Obese Men with or suspected to have Prostate Malignancies
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Examining the Feasibility and Impact of a Clinic-based Food Farmacy and Digital Culinary Medicine Program Among Cancer Survivors Treated in a Safety Net Hospital
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06760754 Opens a new window
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Gut Microbiome and Cancer Immunotherapy Outcomes in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma (the MIKCO Study)
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HEALTH4CLL2: A Randomized Waitlist Control Trial of Behavioral Interventions in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05879133 Opens a new window
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Microbiome, Microbiome Determinants, and Cancer
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Patient Mosaic: Longitudinal Evaluation of Health and Wellbeing for Patients with Cancer at MD Anderson Cancer Center
https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/programs-centers/patient-mosaic.html Opens a new window
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Pre-Surgical Tirzepatide-Assisted Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Men with Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer: A Pilot Feasibility Study
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06759701 Opens a new window
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Uncovering the long-term impact of oropharyngeal cancer and dysphagia on dietary quality and nutrition among veteran cancer survivors
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Your Health is Calling: A Telehealth Weight Management Program
Diet Intervention/Feeding Studies
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Mediterranean Diet Intervention Among Men at LBJ Hospital with Prostate Cancer
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06935097 Opens a new window
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Metabolic Impact and Compliance of Controlled, Varying, Mediterranean Diets in Pre-Surgical Prostate Cancer Populations (PROVISIONS)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06487507 Opens a new window
With Nima Sharifi, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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Neoadjuvant Immune Checkpoint Blockade + a Prebiotic Food-enriched Dietary Intervention to Optimize Immune Response in Melanoma: NEO-PreFED
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06548789 Opens a new window
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Prebiotic Food-enriched Diet (PreFED) to Enhance the Microbiome and Response to First-line Immunotherapy in Unresectable Melanoma
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06466434 Opens a new window
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Pilot Trial of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Lymphoma Patients Receiving Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Therapy
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06218602
Recently Completed
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Controlled Dietary Interventions in Patients with Melanoma
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03950635 Opens a new window
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Digital Weight Loss Program in Duncan Family Institute Cohorts
https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/institutes/duncan-family-institute/prevention-resources.html Opens a new window
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Diabetes Prevention Program With or Without Hunger Training in Helping to Lower Breast Cancer Risk in Obese Participants (the Take Charge trial)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03546972 Opens a new window
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Take Charge Trial Publication 1
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34893531/ Opens a new window
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Take Charge Trial Publication 2
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38660060/ Opens a new window
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Diet and Immune Effects Trial: DIET – A Randomized Double Blinded Dietary Intervention Study in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma Receiving Immunotherapy
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04645680 Opens a new window
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DIET Trial Publication
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39633321/ Opens a new window
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Diet, Biomarker and Tissue Assessment in Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer
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Energy Balance Interventions in Increasing Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Gene Positive Patients, Lynch Syndrome-Positive Patients, CLL Survivors or High-Risk Family Members (HEALTH4CLL pilot study)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02194387 Opens a new window
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Feasibility of the “Paso a Paso” Weight Loss Program for Mexican & Central American Patients with Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06854185 Opens a new window
With Maya Balakrishnan, Baylor College of Medicine
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Impact of a Prebiotic Food-enriched Diet (PreFED) in Combination with Ipilimumab/ Nivolumab Combination Immune Checkpoint Blockade (ICB) in ICB-refractory Melanoma Patients
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06250335 Opens a new window
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Impact of High Dietary Fiber on Microbiome and Vaccine Responses
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05565586 Opens a new window
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Lifestyle Intervention for the Reduction of Breast Cancer Risk in Normal Weight Women (Project TONE)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04267796 Opens a new window
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Molecular Determinants of Response to Preoperative Therapy in Patients with Locally Advanced Colorectal Cancer
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02877056 Opens a new window
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Neoadjuvant Dietary Intervention in Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04985565 Opens a new window
Manuscript in advanced preparation for submission
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Self-monitoring Focus Groups With Vibrant Lives Pasadena Participants
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04611087 Opens a new window
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Self-monitoring Focus Groups Publication
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9819872/ Opens a new window
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Testing if Choline Normalizes Lipid Metabolism in APOE4 Carriers
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05880849 Opens a new window
With Paul Schulz, The University of Texas Health Science Center
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Watchful Living in Improving Quality of Life in Participants With Localized Prostate Cancer on Active Surveillance and Their Partners
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03575832 Opens a new window
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Weight Management and Health Behavior Intervention in Lowering Cancer Risk for BRCA Positive and Lynch Syndrome Families
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04125914 Opens a new window
Phase I/II Trials
Controlled meal provision for pharmacokinetic studies to assess the effect of food andmacronutrient composition on drug exposure with >40 phase I/II trials in ICT incollaboration with 20 PIs.