Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of British Columbia

Code:

NCT01637506

Conditions

Urolithiasis

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 19 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to add to the investigators' quest to understanding stone disease, by evaluating the metabolites excretion in urine and its relation to microflora present in the stool.

Conditions

Urolithiasis

Study ID

NCT01637506

Start date

Jul, 2012

Status verified date

Oct, 2022

Completion date

Dec, 2022

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2022

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 19 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Controls

  • Age > 19.
  • No history of kidney stone disease

Study Patient (Stone Patient)

  • Age > 19
  • Radiological evidence indicating presence of a current renal or ureteric stone

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy
  • Positive Urine Culture
  • Active cancer
  • Recurrent urinary infections
  • Gross hematuria
  • Inability to provide informed consent
  • In the Investigator's opinion, the patient would not be good for the study.

Controls Only:

  • Family history of kidney stones
  • History of kidney stones

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Study group

  • Age > 19
  • Radiological evidence indicating presence of a current renal or ureteric stone

Control group

  • Age > 19.
  • No history of kidney stone disease

Primary outcome measure

  • Bacterial flora in the intestine of patients with kidney stones compared to non-stone forming individuals [ Time Frame: one day of urine and stool collection ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Olga Arsovska, BSc

604-875-4111olga.arsovska@ubc.ca

Locations

Vancouver General Hospital

Recruiting

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1M9

Contacts

Olga Arsovska, BSc

604-875-4111olga.arsovska@ubc.ca

Stone Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Jim Pattison Pavilion

Recruiting

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Contacts

Olga Arsovska, BSc

604-875-4111olga.arsovska@ubc.ca

Principal Investigator:

Ben Chew, MD,MSc,FRCSC

More Information

Sponsor

University of British Columbia

Last update posted

Nov 2, 2022

Last verified

Oct, 2022

Keywords

  • urine
  • stool
  • kidney stones

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of British Columbia on 2022-11-02.