This study aims to evaluate if eating within an 8-10-hour window during the day, without any caloric restriction, can lead to better response rates to immunotherapy in head and neck cancer patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
29
Limiting daily period of food intake to 10 hours and nightly fasting period to 14 hours.
Food intake not limited to a specific time during day/night.
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, United States
Rates of Prolonged Nightly Fasting (PNF) compliance
Adherence to the 8-10 hour time restricted feeding window will be measured using "mycircadianclock" app ,which has been validated as a tool to conveniently and reliably track time of food intake and its correlation with timing of the day and sleep. It can be tailored to restrict feeding duration to specific set points.
Time frame: at 3 months
Change in gut microbiome and microbial metabolites
Changes in gut microbiome composition/diversity as well as gut microbial metabolites in participants using PNF will be compared with participants that are not restricting eating times will be measured using stool samples.
Time frame: Baseline and at 12 weeks
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