Kidney nerve zapping may replace daily pills for high blood pressure
NCT ID NCT06783296
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a procedure called renal denervation, which uses energy to calm overactive nerves in the kidneys, to see if it can safely lower diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) in people with isolated diastolic hypertension. About 124 adults who have never taken blood pressure medication will be randomly assigned to receive the real procedure or a sham (fake) procedure. The main goal is to check if the real procedure reduces average 24-hour diastolic blood pressure after 6 months.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 124 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria 1. Age ≥18 years, with no restriction on sex or ethnicity; 2. Diagnosis of primary hypertension, with no prior use of antihypertensive medication, and in the untreated state presenting with office systolic blood pressure (SBP) \<140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥90 mmHg, as well as 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) showing SBP \<130 mmHg and DBP ≥80 mmHg; 3. Willingness to participate and provision of written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria 1. DBP ≥110 mmHg; 2. Secondary hypertension; 3. Requirement for antihypertensive or blood pressure-lowering medications due to comorbid conditions (e.g., SGLT2 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists); 4. Cardiac arrhythmias interfering with blood pressure measurement (e.g., atrial fibrillation); 5. Contraindications to RDN, including renal transplantation, renal insufficiency (eGFR \<45 mL/min/1.73 m²), renal artery anatomy unsuitable for the procedure (inability to access the renal vasculature; renal artery diameter \<4 mm or length \<20 mm; hemodynamically or anatomically significant renal artery abnormalities or stenosis; prior coronary or renal artery interventions including angioplasty or stenting), and severe hepatic impairment; 6. Contraindications to interventional procedures such as coagulopathy; 7. Pregnancy, planning pregnancy, or breastfeeding; 8. Life expectancy \<1 year; 9. Participation in another clinical trial.
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Locations
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Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200072, China
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