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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00123214
Date of registration: 19/07/2005
Primary sponsor: St. Vincent's Medical Center
Public title: A Change in Diet May Decrease the Negative Consequences of Chronic Sleep Deprivation
Scientific title: Pilot Study: A Dietary Intervention May Decrease the Negative Metabolic and Cognitive Consequences of Chronic Sleep Deprivation
Date of first enrolment: September 2004
Target sample size: 18
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00123214
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Steven M Lascher, DVM
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Affiliation:  Saint Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan
Name:   Valerie A Jones, MD
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Affiliation:  Saint Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Medical resident in good standing at Cabrini Medical Center or Saint Vincent's
Hospital, NY.

- Must be scheduled for two consecutive weeks of night shift work.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Febrile illness

- Smoker

- Food allergies of any kind

- Taking any prescription medication

- History of diabetes or thyroid dysfunction

- Body mass index (BMI)>30

- Pregnancy



Age minimum: 25 Years
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Sleep Deprivation
Intervention(s)
Drug: Controlled Dietary Intervention
Primary Outcome(s)
Resting Metabolic Rate
Secondary Outcome(s)
C-reactive Protein Levels
Cognitive scores on: Stroop Test, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test, Trail Making Test, Digit Span, Block Design, Dynamic Visual Acuity, Short Form 36
Fasting serum glucose
Fasting serum insulin
Lipid Profile
Percent Body Fat
Salivary a.m. cortisol levels
Urinary neurotransmitter levels
Waist Circumference
Weight
Secondary ID(s)
IRB 77-04
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Inflammation Research Foundation, Marblehead, MA.
NeuroScience, Inc., Osceola, WI.
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