NCT07752056Not yet recruiting
Low-Sodium Diet for Postpartum Blood Pressure Control
Low-Sodium Diet for Postpartum Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to learn if a low-sodium diet improves postpartum blood pressure control in adults who were diagnosed with a late-onset hypertensive disorder of pregnancy. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does a low-sodium diet lead to decreased mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) on postpartum day 7? * Does a low-sodium diet lead to a decreased MAP on postpartum day 3? * Does a low-sodium diet reduce 30-day hospital readmissions for hypertension-related indications? Participants will be provided with meals for 7 days following their delivery. The experimental diet will contain less than 2000mg of sodium daily. The control diet will have variable sodium content with no restrictions. Participants will be asked to record the food they consume over the study week. They will also be provided with a blood pressure (BP) cuff and asked to record their BP at least once daily.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 110 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 3 Aug 2026
- Start date
- Sept 2026
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
- Diseases
- High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT07752056
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 110
- From Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, Dec 2027
- No sites listed in no country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Pre-existing renal or cardiac disease, liver failure
- Pre-existing condition in which salt restriction is not advised (SIADH, Addison's Disease, cystic fibrosis, chronic diarrhea, presence of ileostomy)
- Dietary restrictions: vegetarian, gluten-free, lactose-free, Kosher, severe food allergies, among others
Other
- Multiple gestations
Who the study is looking for
- Adults \> 18 years of age
- Singleton pregnancy
- Diagnosis of HDP at or beyond 34 weeks' gestation (gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia, pre-eclampsia with severe features, chronic hypertension with superimposed pre-eclampsia)
- Agree to remote BP monitoring after hospital discharge
- English or Spanish as primary language
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers
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