Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Influence of Obesity on Oxalate Metabolism and Handling in Calcium Oxalate Stone Formers

Lead Sponsor:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Conditions:

Kidney Stone

Eligibility:

All Genders

19-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The primary goals of this study are to determine the contribution of dietary oxalate absorption, renal oxalate handling, and endogenous oxalate synthesis to urinary oxalate excretion in normal Body Ma...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Normal Body Mass Index (≥ 18.5 to \< 25); Obese Body Mass Index (≥ 30 to ≤ 45)
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Willingness to consume controlled diet
  • Composition of most recent stone \> 50% calcium oxalate, no uric acid component
  • First time or recurrent calcium oxalate stone former
  • 24-hour urine collections with creatinine values within 20% of appropriate ratio of creatinine (mg)/body weight (kg) for gender, and with creatinine values that are consistent between collections (within 20% of each other)
  • Willingness to stop supplements \[vitamins, Ca (citrate or carbonate) and other minerals, herbal supplements, nutritional aids, probiotics\] for 14 days before start and during study
  • Willingness to not undertake vigorous exercise during the controlled dietary study
  • Normal fasting blood Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
  • Hemoglobin A1c \< 6.5%
  • No food allergies or intolerance to any of the food in study menus
  • Permitted/willing to discontinue medications for kidney stone prevention, including thiazides, allopurinol, and febuxostat and citrate preparations, for 14 days before start and during the studies. They will be instructed to restart these medications at the conclusion of the study

Exclusion

  • Diabetes
  • Abnormal fasting comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP)
  • Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) result ≥ 6.5%
  • Gout
  • Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) \<60 ml/min/1.73m\^2
  • Primary hyperoxaluria
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Cystinuria
  • Uric acid stone former
  • Utilization of immunosuppressive medication
  • Nephrotic syndrome
  • Enteric hyperoxaluria
  • Gastrointestinal disorder that could impact oxalate transport
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
  • Renal tubular acidosis
  • Primary hyperparathyroidism
  • Liver disease
  • Neurogenic bladder
  • Urinary diversion
  • Chronic diarrhea
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Active malignancy or treatment for malignancy within 12 months prior to screening
  • Pregnancy
  • Breast feeding/nursing
  • Females of child bearing age who are not able to use an effective method of birth control during the study
  • Mental/medical condition that is likely to impede successful study completion
  • Illness including flu / common cold / fever 14 days before study and during study
  • Diarrhea or other abnormal gastrointestinal event (e.g. abnormal bowel movements) 14 days before study or during study
  • Antibiotic use within last 6 months (based on recommendations of the NIH Human Microbiome Project, Protocol A)
  • Inability or unwillingness to undergo MRI

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

22 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04333745

Start Date

September 1 2021

End Date

December 1 2026

Last Update

December 22 2025

Active Locations (2)

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35243-3353

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390