Does Breastfeeding Lower Blood Pressure in Postpartum Hypertensive Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Breastfeeding, Hypertension

In brief

The primary aim is to establish whether breastfeeding is associated with lowering blood pressure in hypertensive women.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02574494

Run by

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

People needed

40

Starts

2015-10-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-02-01

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The inclusion criteria include hypertensive women in the first 72 hours postpartum. The gestational age at delivery must be greater or equal to 34wk and the patient must be breastfeeding and/or pumping milk. The study will include patient's on anti-hypertensive. The study will also include patients receiving postpartum IV magnesium but they will have their blood pressure taken two times while on magnesium and two times after the magnesium has been discontinued.

You may not qualify if…

• The study will exclude patient's on dopamine agonist medications or HIV positive.

Where it is running

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States

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