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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 14 January 2013
Main ID:  NCT00974636
Date of registration: 09/09/2009
Primary sponsor: University of Michigan
Public title: Lowering Salt Intake in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Pilot Randomized Crossover Trial BIA
Scientific title: Lowering Salt Intake in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Pilot Randomized Crossover Trial
Date of first enrolment: May 2009
Target sample size: 35
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00974636
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Rajiv Saran, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  University of Michigan
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Individuals eligible to participate in this study must meet all of the following criteria:

- Willing and able to provide written, signed informed consent after the nature of the
study has been explained, and prior to any research-related procedures.

- Age = 18 years and = 85 years.

- Willing and able to comply with all study procedures.

- Patients with eGFR of 20 to 60 ml/min/173m2 by the abbreviated (4-variable) MDRD
equation and a relatively stable clinical course.

- Sitting systolic blood pressure = 100 mmHg prior to study entry (to exclude people at
risk from hypotension from dietary salt reduction).

Exclusion Criteria:

Individuals who meet any of the following exclusion criteria will not be eligible to
participate in the study:

- Recent acute illness (=1 month). Minor ailments such as a recovered common cold or
allergic rhinitis would not be considered as exclusion criteria but would be left to
the site PI's discretion.

- Recent hospitalization (=1 month) unless clearly for a minor elective procedure
unlikely to interfere with BIA measurements. The final decision will be left to the
site PI's discretion.

- Any psychological condition (including alcoholism) that could interfere with the
patient's ability to comply with the study protocol.

- Subjects with baseline 24-hour urinary sodium excretion =100 mmol/day.

- Amputation of a limb other than fingers or toes.

- Pacemaker, defibrillator, implantable pump, artificial joint, pins, plates or other
types of metal objects in the body (other than dental fillings).

- Coronary stents or metal suture material in the heart.

- Use of any investigational product or investigational medical device within 30 days
prior to screening, or requirement for any investigational agent prior to completion
of all scheduled study assessments.

- Weight over 300 pounds (limitation for examination table).

- Pregnancy or lactation.

- Patients with kidney diseases known to be associated with salt wasting (see above).

- Patients with atrial fibrillation as ambulatory blood pressure measurements may not
be accurate in this setting.

- Any condition that, in the view of the PI, places the subject at high risk of poor
treatment compliance or of not completing the study.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Kidney Disease
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Low Salt Diet
Dietary Supplement: Usual Salt Diet
Primary Outcome(s)
Primary Outcome: Change in volume status (intracellular, extracellular volume, and total body water) as measured by BIA using both whole body and segmental techniques [Time Frame: 12 Weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
HUM00016384
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Renal Research Institute
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