Salt detective: new quiz tracks hidden sodium in hospital patients
NCT ID NCT05533645
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a new food questionnaire called EvalSel to see how well it measures salt intake in hospitalized patients with high blood pressure or kidney problems. Researchers will compare the questionnaire results with a 24-hour urine test, which is the gold standard for measuring sodium. If accurate, the tool could help doctors quickly spot dietary mistakes and refer patients to dietitians for better care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this questionnaire could help doctors quickly assess patients' salt intake and guide them to better dietary care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage validation study with only 99 participants, so the questionnaire may not work well for all patients or settings.
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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 99 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Patients with high blood pressure, CKD stages 4-5 and patients free from any diseases * Patients over 18 years old * Patients in nephrology and cardiology consultation or recruited by CIC * Patients with health insurance * Patients willing to follow the full study Exclusion Criteria: * Loss of salt by vomiting, diarrhea or sweating (intense sport or intense fever 3 days before urine collection) which can cause a decreasing natriuresis * Modification of the therapeutic management of patients during the study period * Taking certain drugs like effervescent drugs, Gaviscon and Tolvaptan during the day of urine collection, as well as diuretics (unless they are taken long-term and the diuresis is stable) which can cause an increasing natriuresis * Pregnant or breastfeeding women * Patients protected by law
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Huriez - Service Endocrinologie Diabétologie
RECRUITINGLille, France
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