Midnight meals: could a simple food delivery steady blood sugar for night-shift heroes?
NCT ID NCT05153759
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether providing meals to night-shift EMS workers can help them keep steady blood sugar levels. Forty participants will receive a meal service and track their glucose and stress. The goal is to see if this approach is practical and worth testing in a larger trial.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- meal service
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward simple dietary strategies to help night-shift workers manage blood sugar and reduce health risks.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (40 people) testing only feasibility, not effectiveness. Results may not apply to all shift workers.
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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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Emergency medical service (EMS) provider * Works night shift only for at least one year * Provides patient care as primary duty Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of a metabolic disease (i.e. diabetes, prediabetes, metabolic syndrome) * Taking medication to lower blood glucose * Pregnant or planning to become pregnant * Diagnosis of kidney disease or impairment * Allergies or intolerances to study foods * Digestive disorder
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University at Buffalo
RECRUITINGBuffalo, New York, 14214, United States
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