Can Food Timing Reduce Your Diabetes Risk?
Brigham and Women's Hospital · NCT05862818
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Key facts
- Compensation
- Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
- Who can join
- Ages 18–45 · All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Study type
- Interventional · Not applicable
- Target enrollment
- 48
- US sites recruiting
- 1
- Study start
- December 10, 2024
- Record last updated
- October 16, 2026
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What the study is about
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether food timing impacts metabolic health in healthy participants.
Participants will
- complete 2 inpatient stays
- be provided with test meals
- have frequent blood draws
Being studied: Day shift protocol - Diet order A-B; Day shift protocol - Diet order B-A; Night shift protocol - Diet order A-B; Night shift protocol - Diet order B-A
Conditions: Dietary Habits
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
- Healthy with no acute or chronic medical and psychiatric disorders
- BMI: 18.5-29.9 kg/m2
Exclusion Criteria
- Smokers, current tobacco or e-cigarette use
- Drug or alcohol dependency
- Pregnant
Recruiting US locations
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA 02115
Site contact: Frank Scheer, PhD · 617-732-14 · fscheer@bwh.harvard.edu
Study contacts (from the official record)
- Ioannis Lempesis, MD, PhD, PhD · 6177326256 · timedstudy@bwh.harvard.edu
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