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Phase 2 — Testing in a bigger group (up to a few hundred people) to see if the treatment actually works and is still safe.
This trial is testing whether eating during limited hours of the day — a practice called time-restricted eating — can reduce the damaging side effects that happen during radiation or combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer. Researchers will compare patients who practice time-restricted eating on weekdays with patients who receive standard nutritional counseling. The goal is to see if limiting eating times can reduce DNA damage, lower treatment side effects, and improve quality of life for people with prostate, cervical, or rectal cancer.
Radiation therapy can cause severe side effects and damage to healthy cells in the body. Scientists believe that eating during restricted time windows might help protect healthy cells from this damage and reduce uncomfortable side effects like nausea, fatigue, and bowel problems that many patients experience during treatment.
If you join this study, you will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will practice time-restricted eating (eating only during certain hours) Monday through Friday each week during your radiation or chemotherapy-radiation treatment. The other group will receive standard nutritional counseling. Both groups will have blood samples collected throughout the trial to measure DNA damage and other health markers. Your participation will continue during your entire course of radiation therapy, typically several weeks.
AI-generated summary from trial data · Jun 9, 2026 · Not medical advice
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