NCT04692532Completed
Time Restricted Eating for Weight Management
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
A 12-month randomized, controlled, parallel-arm trial, divided into 2 consecutive periods: (1) 6-month weight loss period; and (2) 6-month weight maintenance, will be implemented. Adults with obesity will be randomized to 1 of 3 groups: (1) 8h-TRE, ad libitum food intake from 12pm to 8 pm, fasting from 8 pm to 12 pm daily, (2) CR, 25% energy restriction every day; or 3) control, ad libitum food intake daily, eating within more than 10 hours per day.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 90 (actual)
- First submitted
- 28 Dec 2020
- Start date
- 1 Jan 2021
- Primary completion date
- 1 Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT04692532
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 90
- From 1 Jan 2021 to the primary completion date, 1 Feb 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Are not weight stable for 3 months prior to the beginning of study (weight gain or loss \> 4 kg)
Other illness
- History of eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder)
Lab values
- Are taking drugs that influence study outcomes (weight loss, glucose-lowering medications)
Other
- • Type 1 DM or Type 2 DM
- Are not able to keep a food diary or activity log for 7 consecutive days during screening
- Are perimenopausal or have an irregular menstrual cycle (menses that does not appear every 27-32 days)
- Are eating within less than a 10-hour window at baseline
- Are pregnant, or trying to become pregnant
- Are night shift workers
- Are smokers
Who the study is looking for
- Age between 18 to 65 years old
- BMI between 30 and 50 kg/m2
- Sedentary or lightly active (\<60 minutes/week of light activity for the 3 months prior to the study)
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
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