Tiny nerve zap could reveal secrets of blood pressure control
NCT ID NCT07013929
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a new way to understand how nerves in the kidney affect blood pressure. About 19 adults with high blood pressure will receive mild electrical stimulation to kidney nerves before and after a procedure that quiets those nerves. The goal is to learn how the body responds, not to provide treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 19 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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20 to 70 years
- 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: 1. 20 - 70 years of age 2. Office SBP ≥150 mmHg and \<180 mmHg and DBP ≥90 mmHg 3. Individual is prescribed with one, two, or three antihypertensive medication classes 4. 24-hour ABPM average of SBP ≥135 and \<170 mmHg at Baseline Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior renal denervation. 2. Individual lacks appropriate renal artery Anatomy 3. Has a renal artery stent 4. Individual has an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of \<60 mL/min/1.73m2 5. Individual is taking SGLT2 inhibitors or GLP-1 agonists 6. Individual requires chronic oxygen support or mechanical ventilation 7. Primary pulmonary hypertension. 8. Secondary cause of hypertension 9. Pregnant, nursing or planning to become pregnant during the study. 10. Individual has a documented condition that would prohibit or interfere with ability to obtain an accurate blood pressure measurement 11. Individual is currently taking anti-mineralocorticoid drugs.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hippokration General Hospital of Athens
RECRUITINGAthens, 11527, Greece
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University Hospital Galway
RECRUITINGGalway, H91 YR71, Ireland
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