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Endometrial NeoplasmsTIMESPANNCT04763902

Time Restricted Eating (TRE) Among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Women at Risk for Endometrial Cancer

A study testing Time Restricted Eating (TRE) Schedule in people with Endometrial Neoplasms, run by University of Utah at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The long-term goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of time restricted eating (TRE) for improving metabolic health and preventing endometrial cancer. The primary objective of the protocol is to conduct a 14-week two-arm randomized crossover trial of a dietary intervention to evaluate the feasibility… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Endometrial Neoplasms
What is being tested?
Time Restricted Eating (TRE) Schedule
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
39 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
18 Feb 2021to 30 Sep 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • All Aims:
  • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander females aged 18 years or older
  • Overweight or obese (BMI>25kg/m2) OR have a history of non-insulin dependent diabetes OR have a history of complex atypical endometrial hyperplasia
  • Have a working cell phone that can download an App
  • Able to use cell phone during day (e.g. at work)
  • Not a night shift worker
  • Applicable Only to Aims 2 \& 3:
  • Able to attend study visits at the Huntsman Cancer Institute Center for HOPE

Who cannot join

  • All Aims:
  • Unable to provide informed consent
  • Applicable Only to Aims 2 \& 3:
  • Necessity of a special diet that precludes adjustment of meal timing and/or macronutrient content
  • Have a history of insulin dependent diabetes
  • Have a history of hysterectomy

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Huntsman Cancer Institute

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112

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About this study

Official title: Feasibility and Acceptability of Time Restricted Eating (TRE) Among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Women at Risk for Endometrial Cancer

The long-term goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of time restricted eating (TRE) for improving metabolic health and preventing endometrial cancer. The primary objective of the protocol is to conduct a 14-week two-arm randomized crossover trial of a dietary intervention to evaluate the feasibility, fidelity and preliminary acceptability of a TRE intervention among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander women at risk for developing endometrial cancer, and to provide proof of principle that TRE can improve metabolic health in this population.

Read the detailed description

Enrollment: The study includes two phases. Phase 1 includes focus groups among 30 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander women at risk of endometrial cancer. Focus groups will determine sociocultural influences on (i) dietary behavior including meal timing; (ii) dietary preferences; (iii) proposed meal plans and intervention design; (iv) perceptions of weight loss and body image. In the second study phase, the study team will recruit 10 Pacific Islander women to participate in a 14-week randomized dietary crossover study. Each woman will participate in both intervention arms and act as her own control.

Focus Group: To accomplish all aspects of Aim 1 of this study, the study team will recruit 30 Pacific Islander women at risk for endometrial cancer to conduct virtual focus groups. These focus groups will take place via private videoconference, like Zoom, and a language translator will be provided, as necessary. The focus groups will be attended by a Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Community Expert. Questions will be designed to understand sociocultural influences on dietary behavior (questions on social eating, meal timing, and dietary preferences, soliciting feedback on study intervention delivery design, and perceptions of weight loss and body image). An icebreaker will be conducted prior to formal questioning. Sessions will be audio-recorded on the videoconference and an additional device, transcribed verbatim, and checked for accuracy. Two additional team members will be present as note takers. Our Community Expert will be present to help facilitate the session. Questions will be provided at the beginning of the session to ensure cultural sensitivity.

Dietary Intervention: The dietary intervention includes 5 study visits, and features a baseline visit, 2-week run-in period, 4-week control diet schedule, 4-week washout period, and a 4-week, 8 to 10-hour Time Restricted Eating (TRE) protocol (8 to 10-hour feeding and 14 to 16-hour fasting periods). A follow-up questionnaire will be mailed 6-months post- intervention. For the control schedule, women will receive frozen lunch and dinner meals and a standardized breakfast and snacks menu. All meals and the breakfast/snack menu will be designed to be culturally competent with feedback from the focus groups, and meal plans will be individualized to meet weight maintenance energy requirements. For the TRE schedule, women will receive prepared frozen lunch and dinner meals as per the control schedule, but will be asked to consume daily meals, snacks, and calorie-containing beverages within an 8 to 10-hour period that fits their schedule. They will be asked to maintain their regular sleep and physical activity schedule. The fasting period will ramp up during the first week (Days 1-3, 12-14 h per day, Days 4-6, 14-16 h per day, Days 7+, 16 h per day). Women will be asked to schedule the eating period at the same time each day. All meals (control and TRE) will be provided by the Metabolic Kitchen located at the University of Utah.

Visit 1: During the baseline visit, a coordinator will obtain consent from the participant, and they will be asked to compete questionnaires asking about clinical and demographic factors, chronotype, and physical activity, and various anthropometric measurements will be taken. Following the baseline visit, participants will undergo a 2-week run-in period. During this time, the goal is to record women's usual times of eating episodes and appetite while following their habitual diet.

Visit 2: Women will provide fasting blood and stool samples, and anthropometric measurements will be taken. Following visit 2, participants will undergo the control or TRE schedule for 4 weeks.

Visit 3: After 4 weeks, participants will undergo visit 3 and will be asked to provide fasting blood and stool samples, and anthropometric measures will be taken. Following visit 3, participants will undergo a 4-week washout period, where women are able to return to their usual lifestyle.

Visit 4: Visit 4 will occur after the 4-week washout period, and will include a telephone consultation to discuss the next study phase and schedule meal provision. For the following 4-weeks, participants will then undergo the opposite feeding schedule (either control or TRE).

Visit 5: During the final visit, women will provide fasting blood and stool samples, and anthropometric measures will be taken.

During the run-in period, the TRE phase and the control phase, participants will record timing of eating episodes using the MyCircadian Clock phone app, complete 3 x 24-hour diet recalls, a single physical activity recall, and 7-days of sleep and physical activity will be objectively measured using an Actiwatch device. Hunger and satiety will be evaluated at random through the MyCircadian Clock phone app.

A study exit interview will be conducted via Zoom conference call to debrief on the intervention and obtain detailed information on acceptability of the protocol. Approximately 6-months after the end of the intervention period, women will complete a mailed follow-up questionnaire.

Being tested
Time Restricted Eating (TRE) Schedule, Control Schedule
Keywords
diet, time restricted eating (TRE), Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, endometrial cancer risk, randomized crossover trial
Medical subject headings
Endometrial Neoplasms, Intermittent Fasting

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Time Restricted Eating (TRE) ScheduleBehavioural

    Women will receive prepared frozen lunch and dinner meals as per the control schedule, but will be asked to consume daily meals, snacks, and calorie-containing beverages within an 8 to 10-hour period that fits their schedule. They will be asked to maintain their regular sleep and physical activity schedule. Fasting period will ramp up during the first week (e.g., Days 1-3, 12-14 h per day, Days 4-6, 14-16 h per day, Days 7+, 16 h per day). Women will be asked to schedule the feeding period at the same time each day. They will be allowed to consume water and 1-2 servings of very low-calorie drinks and foods (e.g., herbal tea, diet drinks, mints, gum containing < 4 kcal/serving) to increase compliance. All meals (control and TRE) will be provided by the Metabolic Kitchen developed in collaboration with the department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology.

  • Control ScheduleBehavioural

    Women will receive frozen lunch/dinner meals and a standardized breakfast and snacks menu. All meals and the breakfast/snack menu will be designed to be culturally competent. The meal plans will be individualized to meet weight maintenance energy requirements.

Study groups in NCT04763902
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Time Restricted Eating (TRE) Schedule, Then ControlExperimentalIn this arm of the 14-week randomized dietary crossover study, participants will undergo a 2-week run-in period, followed by an 8-hour TRE protocol (comprising 8 hours of feeding and 16 hours of fasting periods), a 4-week washout period, and a 4-week control diet schedule.
Receives: Behavioral: Time Restricted Eating (TRE) Schedule; Behavioral: Control Schedule
Control Schedule, Then TREExperimentalIn this arm of the 14-week randomized dietary crossover study, participants will undergo a 2-week run-in period, followed by 4-week control diet schedule, a 4-week washout period, and an 8-hour TRE protocol (comprising 8 hours of feeding and 16 hours of fasting periods)
Receives: Behavioral: Time Restricted Eating (TRE) Schedule; Behavioral: Control Schedule

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Proportion of Participants Referred That Were Consented and Enrolled

    The feasibility of the Time-Restricted Eating (TRE) intervention will be measured by calculating the proportion (%) of women who were consented and enrolled in the study out of all the participants who screened for the trial.

    Measured: up to 1 day after screening

  2. Attrition

    To assess the feasibility of the TRE intervention. This outcome measure will report the number of participants who withdrew throughout the course of the interventional component of the study.

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

  3. Protocol Items Completed

    This outcome measure will report the count of participants who completed each study assessment per protocol. Participants who were randomized and withdrew from the study are included as missed assessments.

    After the TRE Schedule (Visit 3 or 5), waist circumference, weight, blood pressure, blood, and stool were collected.

    After the Control Schedule (Visit 3 or 5), waist circumference, weight, blood pressure, blood, and stool were collected.

    This outcome measure will report the count of participants who completed each assessment

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

  4. Percentage of TRE-Adherent Days

    This outcome measure will report the mean percentage of TRE-adherent days. TRE adherence is achieved when participants fast for 14-18 hours per day during the TRE phase, as measured by a mealtime log using the MyCircadianClock phone app.

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 3 and Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

  5. Meals Delivered On Schedule

    Count of participants whose pre-made control diet meals were delivered on schedule. Participants were provided with pre-made, frozen lunch and dinner meals 7 days a week during both 4-week diet phases.

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

  6. Study Visit Completion

    To assess feasibility of the study, the percentage of in-person study visits completed out of 5 study visits for each participant was calculated. This outcome measure will report the mean percentage of completed study visits.

    This outcome measure was assessed throughout the course of the study during both the TRE and Control Schedules; it is not possible to regroup participants to report Arms/Groups "per intervention".

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Blood Pressure Measured With Electronic Blood Pressure Monitor

    Blood pressure was measured using an electronic blood pressure monitor after the TRE phase and after the control diet phase.

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 3 and Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

  2. Waist Circumference

    Waist circumference was measured by trained study staff using a tape measure and standardized protocols. Waist circumference was measured after the TRE Schedule and after the Control Schedule.

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 3 and Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

  3. Body Mass Index (BMI) Assessed Via Stadiometer and Calibrated Scales

    Participants' height and weight was measured by trained study staff using a stadiometer and calibrated weighing scales. Measures were done in triplicate (duplicate if measures did not agree). Height and weight were used to calculate body mass index in kilograms divided by height in meters-squared. BMI was measured after the TRE Schedule and after the Control Schedule.

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 3 and Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

  4. Fasting Blood Glucose Level

    Fasting glucose was measured at Associated Regional and University Pathologists (ARUP) Laboratories. Fasting blood samples were taken from participants by a trained phlebotomist using standard protocols after the TRE Schedule and after the Control Schedule.

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 3 and Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

  5. Fasting Blood C-peptide Level

    C-peptide was measured at ARUP Laboratories. Fasting blood samples were taken by a trained phlebotomist using standardized protocols after the TRE Schedule and after the Control Schedule.

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 3 and Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

  6. Fasting Blood Triglyceride Level

    Blood triglyceride level was measured at ARUP Laboratories. Fasting blood samples were taken by a trained phlebotomist using standardized protocols after the TRE Schedule and after the Control Schedule.

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 3 and Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

  7. Fasting Blood High-density Lipoprotein(HDL)-Cholesterol Level

    Blood HDL-cholesterol level was measured at ARUP Laboratories. Fasting blood samples were taken by a trained phlebotomist using standardized protocols after the TRE Schedule and after the Control Schedule.

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 3 and Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

  8. Fasting Blood High Sensitivity C-reactive Protein

    Blood C-peptide level was measured at ARUP Laboratories. Fasting blood samples were taken by a trained phlebotomist using standardized protocols after the TRE Schedule and after the Control Schedule.

    Measured: From the baseline of the randomized portion of the study to Visit 3 and Visit 5, up to 19 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Feb 2021
  2. Study start18 Feb 2021
  3. Primary completion10 Jun 2022
  4. Study completion30 Sep 2022

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
39 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04763902
Sponsor's protocol ID
127142
Other IDs
UL1TR002538
Acronym
TIMESPAN
Status last verified
Apr 2026
First submitted
8 Feb 2021
Last updated
29 Jul 2026
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Playdon M, Rogers TN, Brooks E, Petersen EM, Tavake-Pasi F, Lopez JA, Quintana X, Aitaoto N, Rogers CR. Sociocultural influences on dietary behavior and meal timing among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women at risk of endometrial cancer: a qualitative investigation. Cancer Causes Control. 2023 Jan;34(1):23-37. doi: 10.1007/s10552-022-01628-0. Epub 2022 Oct 8.

    PubMed 36208351

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Time Restricted Eating (TRE) Schedule in people with Endometrial Neoplasms, run by University of Utah at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Jul 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 29 Jul 2026). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Proportion of Participants Referred That Were Consented and Enrolled (time frame: up to 1 day after screening). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04763902, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Jul 2026.

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