NCT05668156

Finding Consensus in Fasting Terminology

Defining Fasting: Finding Common Ground Using the Delphi Method

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 38 (actual)
• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A consensus-based decision making process on fasting terminology will be conducted using the Delphi technique. To this aim, experts around the world are invited.

Detailed description

The consensus-based decision making process on fasting terminology will include a maximum of five rounds of questionnaires that experts are invited to complete online using a pseudonym. Prof. Dr. med. Michalsen's department has prepared rough definitions of key terms for the questionnaire to be evaluated by the experts. These terms should serve as a starting point for the discussion. After each questionnaire round the experts' comments are reviewed by the project team and a new questionnaire with the suggested modifications from the previous round will be sent to the experts. If consensus can't be reached by round three, a live-online-discussion will be held to facilitate the further proceedings. The results are to be published in a peer-reviewed journal; individual statements will not be shared in the publication.

Conditions

• Consensus Development

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Consensus Decision Making	Consensus-based decision-making process, where experts are asked to comment definitions of terms used for fasting interventions

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-02-01
• Primary completion: 2023-08-01
• Completion: 2023-08-01
• First posted: 2022-12-29
• Last updated: 2023-12-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany