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

NCT ID: NCT04333745

Last Updated: 2025-12-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

22 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-09-01

Study Completion Date

2026-12-01

Brief Summary

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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 Mass Index (BMI) and obese calcium oxalate kidney stone formers.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Kidney Stone

Keywords

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oxalate kidney stone

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Controlled Dietary Study

Participants will consume the controlled diet for five days. After one day on the diet, subjects will provide three 24-hour urine collections. On the last dayof the diet, subjects will come in a fasted state to ingest a small amount of carbon-13 oxalate and sucralose, with hourly urine collections and blood samples being taken before and after the ingestion.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Controlled Diet

Intervention Type OTHER

Participant will consume a controlled low oxalate diet for five days

Carbon-13 Oxalate and Sucralose Ingestion

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Subjects will ingest a small amount of carbon-13 oxalate and sucralose, dissolved in water.

Interventions

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Controlled Diet

Participant will consume a controlled low oxalate diet for five days

Intervention Type OTHER

Carbon-13 Oxalate and Sucralose Ingestion

Subjects will ingest a small amount of carbon-13 oxalate and sucralose, dissolved in water.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 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 Criteria

* 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
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Alabama at Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dean Assimos, MD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Dean Assimos, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Locations

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P20DK119788

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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UAB

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

IRB300004693-OHM

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id