The Salt Study for Heart Failure

Part of paid clinical trials in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Sponsor
Maya Guglin, MD
Study ID
NCT07560592
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Normal Salt Diet — OTHER
    This study will allow regular diet 3-4 g Na-Salt per day in patients with acute HF as an intervention, because the standard recommendation for such patients is cardiac diet with 2 g Na per day. The intervention will end when the patient is discharged from the hospital. They will follow routine clinical care recommendations after discharge from hospital.
  • Cardiac Diet — OTHER
    This arm of study will allow the cardiac diet with 2 g Na per day, that is standard recommendation for HF patients. They will follow routine clinical care recommendations after discharge from hospital.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to understand if low sodium (cardiac) diet is indeed necessary for better health outcomes in patients who suffered heart failure. This study will investigate the association between sodium intake and risk for 30-day re-admission in Heart Failure (HF) patients.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 21, 2026
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Nov 10, 2027
Completion
Nov 30, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
500 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER

Arms

  • Experimental: Normal Salt Diet
    3-4 gm/day salt diet
  • Placebo Comparator: Cardiac Diet
    2 gm/day salt diet

Primary Outcome Measure

Length of hospital stay [ Time Frame: Hospital admission to time of discharge assessed up to 1 year ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Hospital - New BrunswickNew BrunswickNew Jersey08901
Maya Guglin, MD
[email protected]
8483915776
Manisha Bajpai, PhD
[email protected]

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