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Circadian Misalignment and Energy Balance

NCT03663530 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2025-09-09

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Summary

Preliminary findings from the investigators' lab suggest that circadian misalignment, occurring when meals and sleep are mistimed from one another, alters resting state neuronal processing in areas relevant to food reward and interoception; supporting a role of sleep and meal misalignment, on energy balance regulation. No study has been done to disentangle the effects of sleep and meal timing on body weight regulation, independent of sleep duration. This study will provide information to guide messaging related to timing of meals and sleep that can be translated to individuals whose sleep follows unconventional times, such as shift workers and those with jetlag and social jetlag.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Meal times

Meal times vary based on the arm: aligned or misaligned

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
49 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-01
Primary Completion
2026-07-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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