Status:
COMPLETED
Exploring the Role of Magnesium in Rest Cramps
Lead Sponsor:
University of British Columbia
Collaborating Sponsors:
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Conditions:
Rest Cramps
Eligibility:
All Genders
19+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study sets out to show whether infusions of magnesium can lessen the frequency of rest cramps and to determine whether rest cramp sufferers have a deficiency in magnesium.
Detailed Description
Subjects will be randomized to receive 5 days of 4 hour IV infusions of D5W either with or without 20 mmol magnesium sulfate added. Twenty four hour urinary excretion of magnesium will be determined o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- ≥2 leg or foot cramps per week in a 4 week run-in diary
Exclusion
- eGFR\<50
- Neurologic disease
- Pregnancy
- Heart block
- Bradyarhythmia without pacemaker
- Digoxin use
- Liver disease
- Addison's disease
- History of MI
- CHF
- Absence of detectable reflexes
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
54 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00423540
Start Date
January 1 2007
End Date
November 1 2008
Last Update
December 10 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Richmond Hospital
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, V7C 4W7