The Interplay Between Oxalate, Immunity and Infection

June 5, 2025 updated by: Tanecia Mitchell, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
This study consists of having subjects, those with calcium oxalate kidney stones as well as healthy controls, consume low and oxalate enriched diets to investigate the role of oxalate on crystalluria (the presence of crystals in urine), immunity and infection.

Study Overview

Status

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Withdrawn

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 56 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) between 20-30 kg/m2
  • Non tobacco users or not pregnant/breast feeding/nursing
  • Normal fasting blood comprehensive metabolic panel, complete blood count, C-reactive protein, and urinalysis. Must accurately collect two 24-hour urine collections within 20% of appropriate ratio of creatinine (mg)/body weight (kg) for gender
  • Healthy subjects: No history of calcium oxalate kidney stones (CaOx KS) or other medical conditions
  • Patients with CaOx KS: Recent stone composition greater than 50% CaOx; no uric acid or struvite stone content must be present. Must be first time or recurrent CaOx stone former (last stone event within the past 3 years)
  • Willing to not consume supplements (i.e. vitamins, Ca (citrate or carbonate) and other minerals, herbal supplements, nutritional aids, and probiotics) for 2 weeks before the study and during the study
  • Willing to abstain from vigorous exercise during the study as this may compromise immune function.
  • Willing to consume diets provided only by the University of Alabama Center for Clinical and Translational Science Bionutrition Core. No food allergies or intolerance to any of the foods on the study menus.
  • Willing to accurately collect 24-hour urine samples, and to have blood drawn throughout the study.
  • If on medications for kidney stone prevention (e.g. thiazides, citrate supplementation excluding calcium citrate), patients must be on a stable dose regimen for at least 8 weeks prior to and during screening, with no changes in dosing anticipated during the study. Patients should not take allopurinol for 2 weeks prior to screening since allopurinol has anti-oxidant properties.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Failure to meet the inclusion criteria or physician refusal
  • Inability to sign and read the informed consent
  • Any medical, psychiatric, or social conditions that would prohibit participants from abiding to the study requirements
  • BMI greater than 30 kg/m2 or less than 20 kg/m2
  • Tobacco users or pregnant or breast feeding/nursing women
  • Abnormal fasting blood comprehensive metabolic panel, complete blood count, C-reactive protein, and urinalysis. Inaccurate 24-hour urine collections.
  • Healthy subjects: Taking medications or dietary supplements. History of kidney stones or any medical condition that could influence absorption or excretion of oxalate.
  • Active illness including COVID-19, flu, common cold, fever, diarrhea, urinary tract infections or other infections 14 days before the study and throughout the study.
  • Active disease including diabetes, gout, hypertension, primary hyperoxaluria, nephrotic syndrome, enteric hyperoxaluria, renal tubular acidosis, primary hyperparathyroidism, liver disease, autoimmune disorder, neurogenic bladder, urinary diversion, and bariatric surgery.
  • Active malignancy or treatment for malignancy within 12 months prior to screening.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Low Oxalate Diet Followed by High Oxalate Diet
Subjects will consume a low oxalate diet for four days, with blood collections on Days 1 and 4 and 24-hour urine collections on Days 3 and 4. A ten day wash out period will follow, during which participants will consume their normal diet. After the wash out period, subjects will consume a high oxalate diet for four days, with blood and 24-hour urine collections occurring again as described previously.
Dietary supplement: Low Oxalate Diet
Participants will consume a diet that is controlled in its daily contents of oxalate and calcium, and in its content of carbohydrate, fat, and protein.
Dietary supplement: High Oxalate Diet
Participants will consume a diet that is controlled in its daily contents of oxalate and calcium, and in its content of carbohydrate, fat, and protein.
Experimental: High Oxalate Diet Followed by Low Oxalate Diet
Subjects will consume a high oxalate diet for four days, with blood collections on Days 1 and 4 and 24-hour urine collections on Days 3 and 4. A ten day wash out period will follow, during which participants will consume their normal diet. After the wash out period, subjects will consume a low oxalate diet for four days, with blood and 24-hour urine collections occurring again as described previously.
Dietary supplement: Low Oxalate Diet
Participants will consume a diet that is controlled in its daily contents of oxalate and calcium, and in its content of carbohydrate, fat, and protein.
Dietary supplement: High Oxalate Diet
Participants will consume a diet that is controlled in its daily contents of oxalate and calcium, and in its content of carbohydrate, fat, and protein.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Urinary Oxalate
Time Frame: Change between Baseline and Diets at 4 days
Twenty-four hour urinary oxalate will be reported as mg/day
Change between Baseline and Diets at 4 days
Crystalluria
Time Frame: Change between Baseline and Diets at 4 days
Twenty-four hour crystalluria will be reported as particles/ml
Change between Baseline and Diets at 4 days
Monocyte Cellular Bioenergetics
Time Frame: Change between Baseline and Diets at 4 days
Cellular bioenergetics will be reported as oxygen consumption rate
Change between Baseline and Diets at 4 days
Monocyte Mitochondrial Complex Activity
Time Frame: Change between Baseline and Diets at 4 days
Monocyte mitochondrial complex activity will be reported as oxygen consumption rate
Change between Baseline and Diets at 4 days
Monocyte Transcriptomics
Time Frame: Change between Baseline and Diets at 4 days
Monocyte transcriptomics will be reported as gene expression (mRNA levels)
Change between Baseline and Diets at 4 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Tanecia Mitchell, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

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June 1, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

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October 30, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

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December 30, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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October 12, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 21, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

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October 27, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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June 10, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 5, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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June 1, 2025

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • IRB-300005965

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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