Pre-ESRD Syndrome in High Risk African Americans

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Blood Pressure

Treatments: Drug: Potassium Chloride

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00224939

DK 62714 (terminated)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of the dipping status of blood pressure (wether blood pressure decreases at night) and renal functional reserve and wether non-dippers (those whose blood pressure does not decrease at night) can be modulated to dippers with potassium treatment.

Full description

Evaluation of the dipping status of blood pressure (wether blood pressure decreases at night) and renal functional reserve and wether non-dippers (those whose blood pressure does not decrease at night) can be modulated to dippers with potassium treatment.

Enrollment: 144 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 18-35, healthy volunteers, African American

Exclusion Criteria: Active medical conditions, prescription drug therapy other than birth control

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind