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A 2 Week, Crossover Trial of Dietary Nitrate in HTN

NCT02597010 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2015-11-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Acute consumption of dietary nitrate (as beetroot juice) has been shown to decrease systemic blood pressure in multiple populations including newly diagnosed, untreated hypertensives. The additional effect in hypertensives on blood pressure lowering medications is uncertain.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Dietary nitrate

140ml of nitrate rich beetroot juice provides 12.9mmol nitrate and will be consumed on a daily basis during the intervention by the study subjects.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

140ml of nitrate depleted beetroot juice provides 0.5mmol nitrate and will be consumed on a daily basis during the intervention by the study subjects.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University College Dublin

    collaborator OTHER

  • Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown

    collaborator OTHER

  • Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-09-30

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