Behavioral Chronotype: Impact on Sleep and Metabolism

NCT03647306 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2025-11-14

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine how the timing of eating changes how the body makes and uses energy (metabolism). This study will also examine if metabolism changes with age.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Early Total Caloric Intake

Provide subjects a regimented amount of calories at each meal.

BEHAVIORAL

Late Total Caloric Intake

Provide subjects a regimented amount of calories at each meal.

BEHAVIORAL

Extended Overnight Fast

Provide subjects a regimented amount of calories at each meal.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH
  • Northwestern University

    collaborator OTHER
  • University of Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eve Van Cauter, PhD · University of Chicago

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-02
Primary Completion
2023-03-13
Completion
2027-01-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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