Reporter brief
Time-restricted eating showed no reported effects on cancer-related fatigue in a phase II RCT protocol.
What happened
This is a protocol paper describing a planned 12-week randomized controlled trial (THYME study) comparing time-restricted eating (10-hour daytime eating window) versus nutrition counseling in 132 adults aged 55+ with prostate or metastatic breast cancer. The study aims to assess effects on fatigue, frailty, and circadian rhythm markers, with planned follow-up at 12 weeks and 12 months. No results from the trial are reported in this abstract—only the study design and hypotheses are presented.
Why it matters
Assessment pending; this report does not establish a change in evidence.
What it does NOT prove
- Limitations have not been recorded; consult the primary source.
Study design and sample
Rct; Human.
Patients aged 55 years or older with prostate cancer or metastatic breast cancer, with baseline eating window >12 hours, not employed in night-shift work
- Design
- Rct
- Sample
- 132
- Journal
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
Effect size
Not recorded.
Caveats
- Assessment: Superseded.
- Only the source material recorded on this evidence page was assessed.
Conflicts and funding
Not recorded.
Previous evidence
See the Intermittent fasting timeline and recorded assessment for prior evidence.
Primary source
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