Fludrocortisone's Test in Salt Sensitivity

NCT01453959 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2011-10-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main hypothesis of this study is look for a clinical and fast test to identify salt sensitivity by administration of fludrocortisone.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Fludrocortisone

Fludrocortisone in a dose of 0.4 mg/day for 7 days

OTHER

Diet cycles

Two cycle of diets: low salt diet(40mEq Sodium/day by 7 days) and high salt diet (240mEq Sodium/day by 7 days)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Decio Mion Junior, MD, PhD · General Hospital of School of Medicine - Universiy of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-09-30
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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