Clinical trials: Potassium Depletion
Hypertension, Potassium Imbalance
Occurrence of Dyskalemia With Treatment for Hypertension
Hypertension is a major public health issue associated with significant morbidities and mortality. Fixed-dose combination (FDC) pills, combining 2 or more classes of antihypertensive medications have considerable appeal because…
- Trial name
- OK (NCT05155436)
- Testing
- Fixed Dose Combination pill of Telmisartan 40mg and Amlodipine 5 mg
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,090 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh
Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19), Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Safety Profile of Understudied Drugs Administered to Children Per Standard of Care (POPS)
The study investigators are interested in learning more about how drugs, that are given to children by their health care provider, act in the bodies of children and young adults in hopes to find the most safe and effective dose…
- Conditions
- Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19), Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Urinary Tract Infections in Children, Hypertension
- Trial name
- POPS or POP02 (NCT04278404)
- Testing
- The POP02 study is collecting bodily fluid samples (i.e., whole blood, effluent samples) of children prescribed the following drugs of interest per standard of care:
- Where
- 52 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Infant Vitamin K Status, Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding
The OK Daily Study
The OK Daily Study is a multi-centred, part-randomised, part blinded, four cohort study. We are exploring daily dietary supplementation with vitamin K2, specifically menaquinone-7 (MK-7), given to breastfed infants or…
- Trial name
- NCT07620236
- Testing
- Combined MK-7 + vitamin D3 drops, Vitamin D3 Drops, MK-7 capsules
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndrome
Natural History of Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndrome
Apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME) is a rare inherited disease that can cause severe high blood pressure and low blood potassium in children and adults. It is caused by abnormal hormone metabolism and can be fatal.
- Trial name
- NCT00474942
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Brazil and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Heterozygous Carriers of Gitelman Syndrome
Clinical Significance of Heterozygosity for Mutations of the SLC12A3 Gene Coding for the Thiazide Sensitive Na-Cl Cotransporter
Gitelman syndrome is a salt wasting tubulopathy caused by mutations in the SLC12A3 gene coding for the thiazide sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter.
- Trial name
- HEPHYGI (NCT02035046)
- Testing
- Samplings of blood, Sampling of urine, Measure of the blood pressure
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Hypokalemia, Hyponatremia
Intravenous Fluids in Hospitalised Children
The main objective of the trial is to evaluate the risk of hypokalemia following administration of a isotonic solution compared to a hypotonic solution in acutely ill hospitalised children, who need intravenous fluid therapy.
- Conditions
- Hypokalemia, Hyponatremia, Hypernatremia, Dehydration
- Trial name
- NCT02926989
- Testing
- Plasmalyte Glucos 50 mg/mL, 0.45% saline in 5% dextrose
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 660 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oulu
Hypokalemia
Effect of Licorice and Hydrochlorothiazide on Plasma Potassium
This clinical trial is designed to study the effect of the combination of licorice and hydrochlorothiazide on plasma potassium levels in volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT00605202
- Testing
- Hydrochlorothiazide, Licorice
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oulu
Osteoporosis, Vascular Calcification
Effect of Vitamin K on Age-Related Bone Loss and Vascular Calcification
The purpose of this study is to determine if supplemental vitamin K will reduce age-related bone loss in elderly men and women above that achieved by supplementation.
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Vascular Calcification, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT00183001
- Testing
- Vitamin K
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 452 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Vitamin K Deficiency
Incorporation of Vitamin K Into Uremic Lipoproteins
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have an increased cardiovascular risk with corresponding cardiovascular calcifications. CKD patients exhibit a functional vitamin K deficiency.
- Trial name
- NCT05360342
- Testing
- Vitamin K supplement
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
Maintenance Dose, Osteocalcin
Estimation of a Maintaining Daily Jarlsberg Cheese-dose
The study objective is to estimate a maintaining daily dose of Jarlsberg cheese in healthy pre-menopausal women obtaining an increase in the osteocalcin level of at least 10% after 6 weeks on maximum efficacy dose (MED) of…
- Conditions
- Maintenance Dose, Osteocalcin, Vitamin K Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT04188080
- Testing
- Jarlsberg Cheese
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meddoc
Gitelman Syndrome, Potassium Depletion
Monocentric STUDY, Randomised Double Blinded (Healthy Subjects, or Transversal (Patients With Gitelman Syndrome)
Progesterone is needed to permit adaptation of the kidney to limit potassium loss in the urines. The investigators wonder whether progesterone or other adrenal hormon play the same role.
- Trial name
- DEPROGE (NCT02297048)
- Testing
- Potassium depletion
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Refeeding Syndrome
The Effect of a Diet Based on Low Sodium and Slowly Absorbed Carbohydrates on the Incidence of Refeeding Syndrome in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
The study is based on a master thesis which showed that 72% of patients with head and neck cancer admitted to a Danish hospital (Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen) developed refeeding syndrome after admission.
- Trial name
- NCT01845922
- Testing
- Low sodium diet
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen