Trial reportNutrients2023
Efficacy of Time-Restricted Eating and Behavioral Economic Intervention in Reducing Fasting Plasma Glucose, HbA1c, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Patients with Impaired Fasting Glucose: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Effects of time-restricted eating on metabolic panel and sleep profile in patients with type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of intermittent fasting on insulin resistance, lipid profile, and inflammation on metabolic syndrome: a GRADE assessed systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Time-Restricted Eating Improves Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Intermittent Fasting for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Current nutrition reports · 2025Pooled it
- Intermittent fasting improves metabolic outcomes in metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis with GRADE evaluation.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of time-restricted eating without caloric restriction on blood pressure and cardiometabolic profile in non-diabetic adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Meal Timing and Anthropometric and Metabolic Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- Adverse events profile associated with intermittent fasting in adults with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Nutrition journal · 2024Pooled it
- Do the Effects of Early Time-Restricted Eating Vary by Cardiometabolic Phenotype, Age, Sex, or Race? A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
- A randomized feasibility trial of time-restricted eating during pregnancy in people with increased risk of gestational diabetes.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Time-restricted eating, immunomodulation and ketone metabolism in humans.Metabolism: clinical and experimental · 2026Review
- Intermittent fasting to treat diabetes: time to update clinical practice guidelines.The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology · 2026Review
- Correlation of Blood Glucose Control With Cystoid Macular Edema and Central Macular Thickness After Cataract Surgery in Diabetics.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Time-restricted eating as a potential strategy for healthy lifespan: an evaluation of current evidence.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
This randomized controlled trial is aimed at assessing the efficacy of combining time-restricted eating (TRE) with behavioral economic (BE) interventions and comparing it to TRE alone and to the usual care for reducing fasting plasma glucose (FPG), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and other cardiometabolic risk factors among patients with impaired fasting glucose (IFG). Seventy-two IFG patients aged 18-65 years were randomly allocated for TRE with BE interventions (26 patients), TRE alone (24 patients), or usual care (22 patients). Mean FPG, HbA1c, and other cardiometabolic risk factors among the three groups were compared using a mixed-effect linear regression analysis. Mean body weight, FPG, HbA1c, fasting insulin, and lipid profiles did not significantly differ among the three groups. When considering only patients who were able to comply with the TRE protocol, the TRE group showed significantly lower mean FPG, HbA1c, and fasting insulin levels compared to the usual care group. Our results did not show significant differences in body weight, blood sugar, fasting insulin, or lipid profiles between TRE plus BE interventions, TRE alone, and usual care groups. However, TRE might be an effective intervention in lowering blood sugar levels for IFG patients who were able to adhere to the TRE protocol.
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