Finding Consensus in Fasting Terminology

Consensus Development Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Defining Fasting: Finding Common Ground Using the Delphi Method

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05668156
• Other study ID #: Delphi
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

A consensus-based decision making process on fasting terminology will be conducted using the Delphi technique. To this aim, experts around the world are invited.

Description:

The consensus-based decision making process on fasting terminology will include a maximum of five rounds of questionnaires that experts are invited to complete online using a pseudonym. Prof. Dr. med. Michalsen's department has prepared rough definitions of key terms for the questionnaire to be evaluated by the experts. These terms should serve as a starting point for the discussion. After each questionnaire round the experts' comments are reviewed by the project team and a new questionnaire with the suggested modifications from the previous round will be sent to the experts.

If consensus can't be reached by round three, a live-online-discussion will be held to facilitate the further proceedings.

The results are to be published in a peer-reviewed journal; individual statements will not be shared in the publication.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 38
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: August 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• clinicians or scientists with at least 5 peer-reviewed publications on fasting or

• at least one peer-reviewed publication and 5 years of clinical experience with fasting

Exclusion Criteria:

• not more than 2 experts from one institution are allowed to participate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Consensus Development

Intervention

Other:
• Consensus Decision Making
Consensus-based decision-making process, where experts are asked to comment definitions of terms used for fasting interventions

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin	Berlin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Definitions of fasting regimens	Definitions of fasting regimen (qualitative research) with max. five survey rounds and potentially one online discussion panel	repetition of the survey until consensus is reached, max. 12 months