Status:
COMPLETED
Dietary Counseling to Reduce Salt Intake in Patients With High Blood Pressure
Lead Sponsor:
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Association
Conditions:
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
High salt diet increases risk of development of hypertension. In hypertensive patients, low salt diet decreases blood pressure. Not surprisingly public health authorities endorse low salt diet in hype...
Detailed Description
The study is a pragmatic clinical trial, to test if additional counseling provided by a dietician results in a reduction in dietary sodium intake as compared to usual care. The hypothesis is that add...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult patients (\>18 years) with hypertension defined as
- daytime BP readings above 140/90 mmHg (as assessed from 24-hr ABPM)) without treatment and/or
- any patient with treated hypertension irrespective of BP load based on 24-hr ABPM.
Exclusion
- Pregnant patients and
- patients with following conditions:
- glomerular filtration rate \<45 ml/min/1.75 m2,
- active infection,
- acute coronary syndrome,
- severe liver disease;
- psychiatric disorders and/or otherwise unable to sign consent;
- patients with clinically manifested generalized and/or cardiac volume overload who may require immediate changes in diuretic therapy (at the discretion of treating hypertension specialist).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
105 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02283697
Start Date
September 1 2015
End Date
December 1 2020
Last Update
March 4 2021
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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H7W9