Dietary Tracking in Heart Failure
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Limiting Ultraprocessed Food (UPF) in Diet.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Heart Failure, NYHA Class II Heart Failure, NYHA Class III Heart Failure. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Dietary Optimization Through Tracking and Integrated Evaluation
Overview
Emerging evidence links ultra processed foods (UPFs) to adverse cardiovascular outcomes. UPFs are often high in sodium, unhealthy fats and added sugars, while being low in essential nutrients and fiber. UPFs contribute to systemic inflammation, fluid retention, and metabolic dysfunction-key drivers of HF and kidney disease progression. Traditional dietary counseling often lacks specificity around food processing levels. Furthermore, the majority of nutrition studies relied on extensive self-reported dietary recall food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) that are subjective, often labor intensive, and difficult to implement practically in the clinical setting. As such, researchers have developed metabolite scores from blood and urine samples to help quantify UPF consumption, which has the promise to better guide dietary counseling and track process. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and physiological impact of a structured UPF-reduction dietary intervention in patients with HF, leveraging both digital dietary tools (Cronometer) and biomarker assessments.
Interventions
- Behavioral Limiting Ultraprocessed Food (UPF) in Diet
Participants in this study will be advised on ways to limit UPF in their diet for a period of 28 days. There is no specific diet to follow. Instead, researchers will ask participants to track what they eat in a mobile app (Cronometer) with the aim of reducing UPF consumption.
Primary outcome measures
- Document Ultraprocessed Food (UPF) Consumption in HF [Time frame: 5 years]
- Change in ultraprocessed food (UPF) consumption in heart failure patients [Time frame: 5 Years]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adults (≥18 years) with NYHA Class II-III HF
- Able to use Cronometer to track dietary intake and able to prepare food at home independently (able to modify dietary intake)
Exclusion criteria
- History of heart transplant or LVAD implant
- Unable or unwilling to follow dietary coaching for UPF reduction
- eGFR <30 ml/kg/1.73m2
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Cleveland Clinic Main Campus — Cleveland
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07649148 · 26-571