Effectiveness of Urinary Alkalinizing Agents on Kidney Stone Risk

NCT ID: NCT04095975

Last Updated: 2021-11-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

31 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-08-28

Study Completion Date

2021-06-24

Brief Summary

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Randomized treatment trial of baking soda or LithoLyte to determine if baking soda and Litholyte are effective in raising 24 hour urine citrate and pH.

Detailed Description

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Participants will not be required to attend any study visits outside of normal clinical encounters. Participants enrolled in the study will be randomized to treatment upon enrollment. Blocked randomization will be conducted, utilizing sex (M/F) and recurrent stone former (Y/N) as algorithm variables.

Participants randomized to LithoLyte® will be provided 40 mEq of alkali in the form of LithoLyte® and advised to take 20 mEq twice daily according to package instructions, once in morning and once at bedtime; no requirements about proximity to meals are necessary.

Participants randomized to baking soda will be provided instructions for using baking soda to provide 40 mEq alkali, to be accomplished by dissolving ¼ teaspoon baking soda in water or other beverage (any amount) in the morning on an empty stomach and ½ teaspoon baking soda in water or other beverage again at bedtime, also on an empty stomach.

The 24-hour urine results that are available upon enrollment will be used for pre-intervention values. The 24-hour results from each participant's followup collection will be used for post-intervention values. Thus, no extra encounters are required for participation in the study. Additionally, no extra tests are required for participation in the study as participants would normally complete a post-treatment 24-hour urine collection anyway. Participants will be screened for eligibility, i.e., by pre-clinic review of schedules and 24-hour urine results. Only those meeting inclusion criteria will be invited to participate and enrolled, provided that informed consent is provided by signing the signature page of the consent/authorization form. The treatment/intervention period is up to 90 days (approximately 3 months). However, it should be noted that, as these are clinical interventions that would be prescribed or recommended anyway, it is expected that participants will continue treatment indefinitely and under supervision of urology and/or Metabolic Stone Clinic providers. If the participant has failed the randomized therapy they are assigned to, they will be clinically assigned a different treatment option and continue to be followed up in routine fashion.

Participants will also be asked to complete a medication questionnaire and log, as well as the Wisconsin Stone Quality of Life (WISQOL) questionnaire. All study procedures are considered standard of care, except for: randomization into treatment and the medication questionnaire and log.

Protocol Amendment Approved 11/16/2020 removed the UrocitK study arm; the investigators faced challenges recruiting participants during the COVID-19 pandemic and the possibility of being randomized into a prescription drug arm was causing many potential participants to choose not to participate.

Conditions

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Kidney Stone

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Baking Soda

Subjects randomized to baking soda will be provided instructions for using baking soda to provide 40 mEq alkali, to be accomplished by dissolving ¼ teaspoon baking soda in water or other beverage (any amount) in the morning on an empty stomach and ½ teaspoon baking soda in water or other beverage again at bedtime, also on an empty stomach.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Baking Soda

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Standard baking soda that can be bought from stores.

LithoLyte

Subjects randomized to LithoLyte® will be provided 40 mEq of alkali in the form of LithoLyte® and advised to take 20 mEq twice daily according to package instructions, once in morning and once at bedtime; no requirements about proximity to meals are necessary.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

LithoLyte

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

LithoLyte is considered a medical food and consists of: potassium citrate, magnesium citrate, sodium bicarbonate, and erythritol.

Interventions

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Baking Soda

Standard baking soda that can be bought from stores.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

LithoLyte

LithoLyte is considered a medical food and consists of: potassium citrate, magnesium citrate, sodium bicarbonate, and erythritol.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Must be suitable for the study per clinical judgement of study team members
* Patient in the UW Health University Hospital Urology Clinic or the Metabolic Stone Clinic
* Had at least one kidney stone event
* Greater than or equal to 18 years of age
* 24 hour urine citrate is less than 420 mg and/or urine pH is less than 5.9
* Urinary alkalinization is deemed by provider as a necessary therapeutic goal for the subject and may be achieved by any of the three therapies under examination
* Subject is willing to provide consent and to be randomized into a treatment

Exclusion Criteria

* Subject is deemed unsuitable for urinary alkalinizing therapy by study staff
* Subject is already on a urinary alkalinizing agent
* Subject is on acetazolamide
* Subject reports sensitivity to sugar alcohols
* Subject is under 18 years of age
* Subject has not completed a 24 hour urine collection within 6 months
* Subject is pregnant or breastfeeding
* Subject is unable or unwilling to provide consent
* Subject is unable or unwilling to be randomized
* Subject reports they are unwilling or unable to use measuring device required in the baking soda arm of the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Wisconsin, Madison

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Kristina L Penniston, PhD, RDN, FAND

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Locations

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UW-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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A539800

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

SMPH/UROLOGY/UROLOGY

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Protocol Version 9/9/2020

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2019-0621

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id