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Human Plasma Fatty Acid Oscillations

NCT02502435 · Status: SUSPENDED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2026-01-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study wishes to look at the 24-hour rhythm of certain fats in the blood stream. Recent studies in animals and healthy participants suggest that unusual eating habits may be connected to a change in the 24-hour rhythm of the blood fats the investigators wish to measure. The investigators will ask persons suffering from night eating syndrome, a condition where people eat additional meals throughout the night, to participate in this study. Healthy volunteers who are of the same age and gender, and have a comparable body-mass-index, a number calculated from a person's weight and height, will also be asked to participate.

The aim is to learn how the 24-hour rhythm of the blood fats the investigators measure differs between the persons experiencing the night eating episodes and persons who do not.

Conditions

  • Healthy
  • Nocturnal Eating-Drinking Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Observation

Observational study

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Georgios Paschos, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

  • Kelly C Allison, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

  • Garret A FitzGerald, MD · University of Pennsylvania

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2027-06-30
Completion
2028-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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