About this trial
This is a single-arm pragmatic clinical trial of time-restricted eating in patients with type 2 diabetes. Patients will be recruited from the University of Kentucky Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center. Subjects will participate in a 10-hour time-restricted eating intervention for 1-year.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
Disqualifiers
Pregnant or breastfeeding
Diagnosed eating disorder
Night shift worker
Taking drugs which induce hypoglycemia
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Time-restricted eating
BehavioralSubjects will consume all daily calories within a 10-hour (10h +/- 1hr) window during the daytime, ending by 8:00pm. Subjects will text the time of their first and last daily calorie intake for the duration of the study.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Change in Hemoglobin A1c
HbA1c data will be gathered from patient charts from routine labs collected during clinic visits.
Secondary outcomes
Change in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Sleep quality will be measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and will be reported as a composite score ranging from 0 to 21 with a higher score indicating worse sleep quality.
Change in Short Form-36 Quality of Life questionnaire scores
Quality of life will be collected using the Short Form-36 Quality of Life questionnaire and scores for 8 scales will be analyzed: physical functioning, bodily pain, role limitations due to physical health problems, role limitations due to emotional problems, emotional well-being, social functioning, energy/fatigue, and general health perceptions. Scores for each scale will range from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating more favorable health.
Sponsors and contacts
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Justin (Matt) Thomas
Lead sponsor
University of Kentucky
Sponsor institution
University of Kentucky Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center
Collaborator