Intermittent Fasting and a No-Sugar Diet for Long COVID Symptoms

Part of paid clinical trials in Boulder, Colorado.

Sponsor
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
Study ID
NCT06214455
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
19 Years - 69 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Low sugar diet and 10-12 hour eating window — OTHER
    Low sugar diet and 10-12 hour eating window for four weeks
  • Low sugar diet, 8 hour eating window and fasting — OTHER
    Low sugar diet, 8 hour eating window and a 36-60 hour fast once per week for four weeks.

Study Details

This cross-over study will assess a no added sugar diet, a restricted daily eating window, and one or two full day water fasts to determine if there is an effect on self-reported symptoms of Long Covid (PASC).

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 4, 2022
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2024
Completion
Sep 10, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
77 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Active Comparator: 10-12 hour daily Time-Restricted Eating (4 weeks)
    In this crossover trial, half the participants did the 10-hour TRE first (treatment A), half did it last. A no added sugar diet was suggested for the entire study.
  • Experimental: 8-hour TRE, weekly 23 to 60 hour fast (4 weeks)
    Eating in an 8-hour window daily, with one 23-60 hour fast per week. A no-added sugar diet was suggested.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in LC-Score, Per Treatment [ Time Frame: Before and after 4 weeks of Fasting treatment or TRE treatment ]

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Remote trial - anyone residing in the United StatesBoulderColorado80303-
Pacific Northwest UniversityYakimaWashington98901-

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