Time-Restricted Eating for Alzheimer's Disease (TREAD) Study
This study, called TREAD, is looking at whether a specific eating pattern called time-restricted eating can help people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or early to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). Time-restricted eating means you fast (don't eat or drink anything with calories) for 14 hours each night, with no food after 8 PM. The goal is to see if this can reduce sleep problems, slow down memory decline, and impact the disease itself. Researchers also want to find out if it's practical for older adults to stick to this eating schedule for 3 to 6 months. The study aims to enroll 60 participants aged 60 and older who are in good general health or have been diagnosed with MCI or AD.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 60 participants. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
- What's involved
- You would need to provide signed consent and be willing to follow all study procedures for the duration of the study, including practicing 14 hours of nightly fasting.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Feasibility of the intervention will be assessed at 3 and 6 months.
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TREAD: Time Restricted Eating Intervention for Alzheimer's Disease
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Paula Desplats, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of California, San Diego
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Feasibility: assessed by computing the number of nights achieving the goal fasting time of 14 h.3 and 6 months
Test the feasibility of a Time-restricted eating intervention in patients with MCI or AD by quantification the number of days during the intervention period when the particpants reached the goal intervention fasting time of 14 h, b) increased fasting of \>12 h and \<14 h.