Heart Failure
Conditions
Keywords
Heart failure, Salt diet
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
OTHERNormal Salt Diet
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.
OTHERCardiac Diet
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.
Sponsors
Maya Guglin, MD
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
All patients with study ID ending in an odd number will be randomized to the Cardiac diet (control arm) and even number to the normal diet (interventional arm).
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Above 18 years of age * Hospitalization due to Heart Failure admitted within 24 hours
Exclusion criteria
* Concomitant hypertension (blood pressure \>150/90 mmHg on admission) * End stage renal disease (on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis * Cardiogenic shock
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Length of hospital stay | Hospital admission to time of discharge assessed up to 1 year | number of days the patient remains hospitalized |
| 30-day readmission | 30 days after discharge from hospital after index event | readmission to hospital within 30 days of discharge from the index event |
| NT-proBNP on discharge | time of hospital admission to 30 days after discharge | Measurement of blood levels of NT-ProBNP a biomarker for diagnosing and assessing the severity of heart failure. |
| Loop diuretic requirement during index admission | time of hospital admission to 30 days after discharge | Furosemide, torsemide, and bumetanide are specific loop diuretics used in the treatment of fluid overload / retention conditions like congestive heart failure. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTMaya Guglin, MD
CONTACTManisha Bajpai, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMaya Guglin, MD
Rutgers University
Outcome results
None listed