Eating on a daily schedule to reduce obesity after spinal injury
Part of Brain & nervous system, Hormones & metabolism, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This trial tests whether restricting your daily eating time (a shorter “eating window”) helps reduce obesity in Veterans with chronic spinal cord injury. It also looks at safety, especially for blood sugar and other health effects.
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Who can take part
- You’re a Veteran age 18 to 89 and can take part through the VA Spinal Cord Injury registry
- You have chronic spinal cord injury (more than 1 year since injury) and it’s graded A to D on the ASIA scale
- Your neurologic injury level is T1 to S5, or you have a hereditary paraplegia type diagnosis
- Your BMI is above 22 (the study’s obesity cutoff for people with spinal cord injury)
- You currently eat within an average window of at least 10 hours per day (not a very short schedule already)
- You are not pregnant, not breastfeeding, and not planning pregnancy in the next 6 months
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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