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UnknownNCT00465946

Effect of Dietary Salt Supplemantation in Vasovagal Syncope Prophylaxis: A Clinical Trial

Status
Unknown
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20 (planned)
Sponsor
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

Syncope is a syndrome consisting of a relatively short period of temporary and self-limited loss of consciousness caused by transient diminution of blood flow to the brain (most often the result of systemic hypotension). The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of salt supplementation in vasovagal syncope prophylaxis.

Detailed description

Healthy volunteers without use of medicines with except contraceptives orals that met the exclusion criteria were consecutively enrolled in a randomized trial.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALSalt Supplementation

Timeline

Start date
2004-06-01
Completion
2007-06-01
First posted
2007-04-27
Last updated
2007-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00465946. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.