Effects of Implementing a High Potassium Diet in Heart Failure Patients
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Heart Failure
- Interventions
- Other: High potassium diet
- Registration Number
- NCT03059680
- Lead Sponsor
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
- Brief Summary
This study evaluates the safety and physiologic effects of increasing dietary potassium intake in individuals with heart failure.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
- All patients classified as having HF, both systolic and diastolic.
- New York Heart Association class II-III symptoms.
- Treatment with an beta blocker, ACE inhibitor, or angiotensin receptor blocker without any adjustment over the previous month
- Intake at baseline of ≤ 3 servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Servings defined by Health Canada's food guide.
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients with an episode of decompensated heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, or revascularization within the previous 3 months of study inclusion.
- Patients receiving insulin therapy
- Glomerular filtration rate < 40mL/min/1.73 m2
- Pregnancy and lactation (women of childbearing potential will be included but will have to have a negative pregnancy test prior to inclusion).
- Inability to provide informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description High potassium diet group High potassium diet Individuals in this arm were asked to increase dietary potassium intake over a 4 week period. This was achieved through an increase in consumption of fruits and vegetables.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Serum potassium concentration 10 days and 3 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method