Status:

RECRUITING

Precise Eating Time to Improve Glycemic Control and Cardiometabolic Health in Prediabetes and Diabetes

Lead Sponsor:

German Institute of Human Nutrition

Collaborating Sponsors:

Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

University of Surrey, UK

Conditions:

Prediabetes

Type 2 Diabetes

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of hypocaloric time-restricted eating (TRE) at different day times (early versus late TRE) on glucose metabolism and other cardiometabolic para...

Detailed Description

This dietary intervention study will follow a crossover design. During the intervention phases, participants will restrict their dietary intake to a defined eating window of 8 hours - predominantly in...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Overweight or obesity (BMI 25-40 kg/m²)
  • Healthy glucose metabolism (fasting glucose \<100 mg/dl and glucose after 2 hours OGTT \<140 mg/dl)
  • OR impaired glucose metabolism (fasting glucose 100-125 mg/dl and/or glucose after 2 hours OGTT 140-199 mg/dl and/or HbA1c 5.7-6.4%)
  • OR type 2 diabetes (according to existing medical diagnosis or fasting glucose \>126 mg/dl and/or glucose after 2 hours OGTT \>200 mg/dl and/or HbA1c ≥6.5%)
  • Daily eating window ≥12 hours

Exclusion

  • Weight changes \> 5% within past 3 months
  • Shift work
  • Traveling across more than one time zone within one month prior to the study
  • Pregnancy and breastfeeding
  • Eating disorders, food intolerance/allergy to ingredients in the diet product, vegan diet, practicing time-restricted eating
  • Severe chronic illnesses or other conditions that are incompatible with the planned intervention and examination program (e.g. type 1 diabetes, recent cardiovascular event, malabsorption, cancer in the last two years, etc.)
  • Treatment with insulin, sulfonylureas, and GLP-1 receptor agonists, steroid use (oral, cutaneous, or parenteral), regular intake of melatonin, anticoagulation treatment that cannot be paused
  • Extreme early and extreme late chronotypes

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 19 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 28 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07171281

Start Date

September 19 2025

End Date

February 28 2028

Last Update

September 12 2025

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German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke

Nuthetal, Germany, 14558