Feeding around the clock may disrupt body rhythms, new study warns
NCT ID NCT07554716
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving tube feeding continuously (24 hours a day) disrupts the body's natural day-night rhythms in hospitalized patients. Researchers will measure hormones, gene activity, sleep patterns, and quality of life in 60 patients and their caregivers. The goal is to see if adjusting feeding times to match the body's clock could improve health and well-being.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Use of enteral nutrition (EN) for 15 days or more. Participants must be from the Regional University Hospital of Málaga (HRUM), Virgen del Rocío Hospital of Seville (HVR), Reina Sofía University Hospital of Córdoba, or the NUPA Association. * Participants must not have experienced acute metabolic decompensation in the last 7 days. * Participants must be able to answer the questionnaires with or without family support. * Participants must provide informed consent (patient or legal representative). Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Use of melatonin for sleep. * Uncontrolled psychiatric condition.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, FIMABIS
RECRUITINGMálaga, Málaga, 29009, Spain