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SalT Reduction InterVEntion: Metabolic, Behavioral and Health Consequences of Reducing Salt in Bread

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Salt Intake
Interventions
Other: Bread with reduced salt content
Other: Bread with standard salt content
Behavioral: Dietary advice
Registration Number
NCT03810885
Lead Sponsor
Bispebjerg Hospital
Brief Summary

The trial is conducted as a randomized controlled trial including children and adults recruited as families. The families are randomly allocated into three groups to investigate the effect of different salt reduction strategies in a period of 3-4 months. Families in the first intervention group are receiving salt reduced bread. Families in the second intervention group are receiving salt reduced bread in combination with dietary counselling to reduce salt and increase potassium intake. Families in the control group are receiving bread with a regular content of salt and no dietary counselling.

Detailed Description

The trial is conducted as a randomized controlled trial including children and adults recruited as families. The families are randomly allocated into three groups to investigate the effect of different salt reduction strategies in a period of 3-4 months. Families in the first intervention group are receiving salt reduced bread. Families in the second intervention group are receiving salt reduced bread in combination with dietary counselling to reduce salt and increase potassium intake. Families in the control group are receiving bread with a regular content of salt and no dietary counselling.

Participants will be instructed to replace their usual consumption of bread by the bread products provided in the study. In all other respects, participants will be requested to live their lives as usual without changing any habits, except the families receiving dietary counselling. The participants will be unaware of the treatment groups and the salt content of the bread products will be blinded to the participants.

Families will attend a physical examination at baseline and at 3-4 months follow-up. The health examination includes anthropometrics, blood pressure measurements and blood samplings for analysis of glucose, lipid metabolism and hormone balance. Urine samples will be collected to investigate the sodium and potassium content. Furthermore salt-sensitivity and preference tests will be made. After both health examinations the families will collect three repeated 24-hour urine collections at home and fill in a 7 days dietary record.

After data collection, blood and urine samples will be analysed. Analyses from both baseline and follow-up are expected ultimo February 2019, whereby data cleaning and statistical analyses will be performed.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
316
Inclusion Criteria
  • Participants living with children
  • Adults 18-69 years
  • Children 3-17 years
  • Daily intake of bread
Exclusion Criteria
  • Diabetes
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Antihypertensive treatment
  • Lipid-lowering treatment
  • Pregnancy
  • U-albumin > 300 mg/day
  • Celiac disease

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
FACTORIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Dietary advice and Salt reduced breadBread with reduced salt contentbread with reduced salt content, dietary advice
Dietary advice and Salt reduced breadDietary advicebread with reduced salt content, dietary advice
Salt reduced breadBread with reduced salt contentBread with reduced salt content
Normal breadBread with standard salt contentBread with standard salt content
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from Baseline sodium level in 24 hour urine at 4 monthsMeasurements at Baseline and at 4 month.

Adults average of 3 repeated 24 hour urine, children a single 24hour urine collection; excluding urine first morning including urine of the following morning. Completeness evaluated in adults by Para-Amino-Benzoic-Acid (PABA).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from Baseline Salt sensitivity and preference at 4 monthsMeasurements at Baseline and at 4 month.

Sensory test: Sensitivity and preference test, minimum 2 hours of fasting

Change from Baseline Systolic blood pressure at 4 monthsMeasurements at Baseline and at 4 month.

Systolic blood pressure measured at baseline and follow-up . Average of three measurements, with the participant sitting upright at rest.. Minimum 2 hours fasting.

Change from Baseline Diastolic blood pressure at 4 monthsMeasurements at Baseline and at 4 month.

Diastolic blood pressure measured at baseline and follow-up . Average of three measurements, with the participant sitting upright at rest.. Minimum 2 hours fasting.

Change from Baseline Adrenaline and Noradrenaline levels in plasma at 4 monthsMeasurements at Baseline and at 4 month.

blood sampled, stored on ice, with the participant lying down after 30 minutes of rest. Minimum 2 hours of fasting.

Change from Baseline potassium level in 24 hour urine at 4 monthsMeasurements at Baseline and at 4 month.

Adults average of 3 repeated 24 hour urine, children a single 24hour urine collection; excluding urine first morning including urine of the following morning.

Change from Baseline Renin and Aldosterone levels in plasma at 4 monthsMeasurements at Baseline and at 4 month.

blood sampled, with the participant lying down after 30 minutes of rest. Minimum 2 hours of fasting.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Center fot Clinical Research and Prevention

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Glostrup, Capital Region, Denmark

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