Status:

COMPLETED

Preventing Hypertension and Sympathetic Overactivation by Targeting Phosphate

Lead Sponsor:

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Conditions:

Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

An increasing number of studies have indicated that most fast food and common grocery items, contain large amount of inorganic phosphate-based food additives , which are highly absorbable. The long-te...

Detailed Description

Animal studies suggest that high phosphate diet raises blood pressure but the mechanism underlying this phenomenon is not known. To study the effect of high phosphorus diet on blood pressure in humans...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • (answer must be yes to all to enter trial; check yes or no)
  • º ≥ 18 years of age
  • º Stage 1 Prehypertension (office BP 120-129/80-84 mmHg and normal ABPM \<130/80)

Exclusion

  • (answer must be no to all to enter trial)
  • º Diabetes mellitus or other systemic disease
  • º Cardiopulmonary disease
  • º Treatment with antihypertensive medications
  • º eGFR\< 60 ml/min/1.73m2
  • º Pregnancy
  • º Hypersensitivity to nitroprusside or phenylephrine
  • º Psychiatric illness
  • º H/o substance abuse or current smoker
  • º H/o malignancy
  • º Serum Phos \<2.4 mg/dL or \>4.5 mg/dL

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 16 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 30 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

94 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03234361

Start Date

October 16 2017

End Date

September 30 2022

Last Update

November 4 2022

Active Locations (2)

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390