Early Time-Restricted Eating in Older Adults With Hypertension
Recruiting · NCT07135505 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Early time-restricted eating
What this trial is about
The purpose of this study is to find out how early time-restricted eating affects body rhythms and improves cardiometabolic health in older adults.
Who can take part
Age range
60 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Consent to participate in the study
- Men and women ≥ 60 years old
- Average office systolic BP ≥130 mmHg
- Self-reported ≥12 hours eating period per day of at least 5 days/week
- Stable health history over the past 2 months
Exclusion criteria
- Fasting \>12 hours per day
- Actively trying to lose weight by participating in formal weight loss program or significantly restricting calorie intake
- Have lost ≥ 10 pounds in last 3 months
- Unable to wake up at a regular time between 6-8 am
- Perform overnight shift work more than 1day/week on average
- Resting heart rate of \>120 beats per minute, systolic blood pressure \> 180 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure of \> 100 mmHg
- Have been diagnosed with diabetes
- On insulin or diabetes medication
- Unstable angina, heart attack or stroke in the past 3 months
- Continuous use of supplemental oxygen to manage a chronic pulmonary condition or heart failure
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson's disease or currently on dialysis
- Current diagnosis of a major psychiatric condition that would impair study participation
- Severe gastrointestinal disease, major gastrointestinal surgery, or active gallstone disease
- Active treatment for cancer in the past year
- Taking medications that preclude fasting for 16 hours (e.g. must be taken with food at least 12 hours apart)
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - Birmingham, Alabama, United States