Trial | NCT01738659  Report issue

Title

Estimated Echocardiographic Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in Heart Failure
Moderate Versus Low Sodium Diet Intake Effects on Estimated Echocardiographic Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure During 12 Months of Follow up in Compensated Heart Failure Patients.

  • Phase

    Phase 4

  • Study Type

    Interventional

  • Status

    Completed No Results Posted

  • Study Participants

    143
The aim of the study was to verify the effects of moderate versus low sodium intake on pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP), determined by Doppler echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging in patients suffering from compensated heart failure.
the study outcome is hospital readmission and mortality after 12 months of two different sodium diet.
Study Started
Oct 31
2008
Primary Completion
Dec 31
2010
Study Completion
Sep 30
2012
Last Update
Nov 30
2012
Estimate

Dietary Supplement normal sodium diet

normal sodium diet (120 mmol/daily) for 1 year

normal sodium diet (120 mmol/die) Experimental

active comparator: low sodium diet (80 mmol/die)

Criteria 

Inclusion Criteria:

compensated HF patients

Exclusion Criteria:

decompensated HF patients
No Results Posted