Evaluation of Genetic Abnormalities Amongst Calcium Phosphate Stone Formers
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Genetic testing.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Nephrolithiasis. Basic parameters: 18 years — 90 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
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Official title
Evaluation of Genetic Abnormalities Amongst Calcium Phosphate Predominant Stone Formers With Alkaline Urine pH on 24 Hour Urine Testing
Overview
Kidney stones continue to affect more and more people in the United States with the most recent estimate being 1 in 9 people will develop a stone in their life. While family history is a known risk factor for stone disease, it remains unclear whether this is related to learned dietary habits or a truly inheritable genetic condition. Known inheritable genetic conditions linked to stone formation are uncommon, and thus, routine genetic testing is not currently recommended by any major urologic organizations. Patients who form calcium phosphate predominant stones, a less common type of stone composition, tend to have alkaline urine pH which suggests that the kidneys are unable to rid the body of acid. Management of such patients for stone prevention can be difficult. The Iowa Institute for Human Genomics is one of only a handful of commercial labs which offers genetic testing for stone disease. The aim of this study is to assess the rate of genetic abnormalities amongst calcium phosphate predominant stone formers with alkaline urine. To this end, the investigators plan to enroll calcium phosphate predominant stone forming patients with alkaline urine on 24 hour urine collection who obtain their health care at UIHC to undergo free genetic testing via blood draw to assess for genetic abnormalities. The investigators will also collect information already available in the subject's chart to assess for other patterns between blood and urine tests and any genetic variants.
Interventions
- Diagnostic test Genetic testing
blood draws for genetic testing
Primary outcome measures
- Rate of genetic variants [Time frame: 1 year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Any patient, aged 18-90 and not incarcerated, under the care of a urologist at UIHC with known kidney stone composition including >=60% calcium phosphate and baseline 24 hour urine pH of >=6.3
Exclusion criteria
\- Any patient over the age of 90 years old, incarcerated or without any evidence of calcium phosphate stone composition
- No struvite component on prior stone analysis
- No bacteria with urease producing organism at time of stone removal
- No history or evidence of systemic acidosis
- No use of acetazolamide, topiramate, zonisamide, valproic acid
- Stage >=3 CKD (GFR<60)
- Hepatic disease
- Pregnancy
- History of osteoporosis
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Screening
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- University of Iowa — Iowa City
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06974357 · 202503463