NCT07135505Recruiting
Early Time-Restricted Eating in Older Adults With Hypertension
The Effect of Early Time-Restricted Eating on Cardiometabolic Health and Circadian Rhythms in Hypertensive Older Adults With Habitual Prolonged Eating Window
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to find out how early time-restricted eating affects body rhythms and improves cardiometabolic health in older adults.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 14 Aug 2025
- Start date
- 16 Feb 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Diseases
- High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT07135505
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 30
- From 16 Feb 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Dec 2027
- 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
- Rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson's disease or currently on dialysis
- Taking medications that preclude fasting for 16 hours (e.g. must be taken with food at least 12 hours apart)
Other illness
- 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
- 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
Other
- 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
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
Who the study is looking for
- 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
Age in the registry: 60 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept 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 Alabama at Birmingham Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Recruiting |
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