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Dietary Intervention to Mitigate Adverse Consequences of Night Work

Brigham and Women's Hospital · with National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) · NCT04868526

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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
24
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
March 29, 2023
Record last updated
December 5, 2025

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether our dietary intervention can prevent or lessen the negative health effects of night shift work in healthy participants.

Participants will

  • complete 2 inpatient stays
  • be provided with identical meals
  • have frequent blood draws
  • provide urine, saliva, stool and rectal swab samples

Being studied: dietary intervention

Conditions: Dietary Habits

Eligibility criteria

Copied from the official record. The study team makes the final decision at screening.

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Inclusion Criteria

  • 18-45 yr old
  • BMI 20.0-29.9
  • European/Hispanic/African-American ancestry
  • No acute, chronic or debilitating medical conditions (e.g. metabolic, cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, cancers, etc.)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Currently smoking/vaping or 5 or more years of smoking/vaping
  • History of drug or alcohol dependency
  • History of psychiatric illness or disorder

Recruiting US locations

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA 02115

    Site contact: Han-Chow Koh, PhD · 6172780924

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Megan Munn · 6175258259 · mmunn@bwh.harvard.edu
  • Han-Chow Koh, PhD · 6172780924 · hkoh@bwh.harvard.edu
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