NCT05862818

Can Food Timing Reduce Your Diabetes Risk?

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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

Detailed description

The investigators aim to investigate the influence of different food timing, without changing 24-h caloric and nutrient intake, on glucose and fat tolerance and energy expenditure in healthy people on a simulated day or night shift.

Conditions

• Dietary Habits

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Day shift protocol - Diet order A-B	Research participants will be assigned to day shift condition and Diet A-B order condition.
BEHAVIORAL	Day shift protocol - Diet order B-A	Research participants will be assigned to day shift condition and Diet B-A order condition.
BEHAVIORAL	Night shift protocol - Diet order A-B	Research participants will be assigned to simulated night shift condition and Diet A-B order condition.
BEHAVIORAL	Night shift protocol - Diet order B-A	Research participants will be assigned to simulated night shift condition and Diet B-A order condition.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-12-10
• Primary completion: 2028-06-30
• Completion: 2028-06-30
• First posted: 2023-05-17
• Last updated: 2025-08-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States