Clinical trials: Nephrolithiasis
Stone, Kidney, Stone Ureter
Virtual Reality for Pain Control During Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy: a Prospective, Comparative, Randomized Study at a Single Institution
The aim of this study is to prospectively analyze patient satisfaction, pain, delivered energy and clinical effectiveness of using VR as a complimentary treatment modality during SWL.
- Trial name
- NCT05183269
- Testing
- Oncomfort virtual reality monitor (Oncomfort SA, Wavre, Belgium)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 166 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AZ Sint-Lucas Gent
Kidney Stones, Tumor
The Impact of Ureteral Stents on Peristalsis
The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of ureteral stents on the functioning of ureteral peristalsis (normal contractions in the ureteral organ muscle).
- Conditions
- Kidney Stones, Tumor, Hydronephrosis
- Trial name
- NCT01739738
- Testing
- Ureteral Stent
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Healthy, Kidney Stone
Assessment of Endogenous Oxalate Synthesis
This study aims to determine the daily rate of endogenous synthesis of oxalate using carbon 13 oxalate isotope tracer technique and a low-oxalate controlled diet.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Kidney Stone, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05229952
- Testing
- Low-oxalate controlled diet, Primed, continuous intravenous infusion of 13C2-oxalate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Overactive Bladder, Renal Colic
Preoperative Use of Darifenacin (Enablex) to Alleviate Postoperative Ureteral Stent Pain
This will be a randomized two arm prospective study to evaluate postoperative ureteral stent pain. One arm will be given 3 days of preoperative darifenacin and the control group will have the standard of care which is no…
- Conditions
- Overactive Bladder, Renal Colic, Pain, Postoperative
- Trial name
- NCT01189071
- Testing
- Darifenacin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Kidney Stone Prevention
Protein Sources Urinary Stone Risk
Prior studies have shown that the source of dietary protein can have a significant impact on urinary stone risk. However, whey and plant protein isolates have not been compared.
- Trial name
- NCT05460247
- Testing
- Protein
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Kidney Stone, Calculi, Renal
Our Stone Fixation Technique to Improve Efficiency and Results of Peumatic Lithotripsy in Suction Mini-PCNL.
Prospective study to assist safty and efficieny of our technique of using peumatic lithotripsy with suction mini-pcnl.
- Trial name
- NCT07328659
- Testing
- Peumatic lithotripsy in mini-pcnl
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yasser Gamil Elnagar
Urinary Stones, Hypertension
The Links Between Water and Salt Intake, Body Weight, Hypertension and Kidney Stones: a Difficult Puzzle
Nephrolithiasis is a disease that strikes roughly 10% of the Italian population and its incidence in industrialized countries is on the increase.
- Conditions
- Urinary Stones, Hypertension, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT01100580
- Testing
- low salt diet, water therapy
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Parma
Kidney Stones
Evaluation of Eye Gaze Sharing in the Operating Room
This project aims to develop an augmented reality (AR) tool to enhance skill acquisition for endoscopic kidney stone surgery. Of the 100,000 patients who undergo an endoscopic kidney stone treatment annually in the United States…
- Trial name
- NCT07173309
- Testing
- Augmented reality
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kidney Stone
Oxalate Formation From Ascorbic Acid
The purpose of this basic research study is to determine the contribution of endogenous ascorbic acid (AA) turnover to urinary oxalate excretion in both normal BMI and obese adult non-stone formers and calcium oxalate stone…
- Trial name
- NCT04603898
- Testing
- Low Oxalate Diet, Carbon-13 Ascorbic Acid Oral Load
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nephrolithiasis
Massage Percussion for Passage of Urolithiasis Fragments After Ureteroscopy.
Flexible ureteroscopy is characterized as first-line therapy for renal stones < 2 cm in size. Stones are commonly treated with dusting or fragmentation techniques which requires passage of stone fragments after surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT05872230
- Testing
- Massage Percussion Therapy device
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kidney Stones
Eye Gaze Guidance Evaluation in Phantoms
This project aims to develop an augmented reality (AR) tool to enhance skill acquisition for endoscopic kidney stone surgery. Of the 100,000 patients who undergo an endoscopic kidney stone treatment annually in the United States…
- Trial name
- NCT07174479
- Testing
- Augmented reality
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Renal Calculi, Postoperative Pain
Efficacy of Liposomal Bupivacaine for Pain Control After Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy
Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy (PCNL) is a common endoscopic procedure performed for upper urinary tract calculus disease. Despite being minimally invasive, it is associated with significant postoperative pain, often…
- Trial name
- NCT03043027
- Testing
- liposomal bupivicaine, Bupivacaine, Saline Solution
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Kidney Stone, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Utilization of a Web-Based Application to Improve Patient Health Literacy and Reduce Clinic Visit Times in Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) Procedures and Kidney Stone Surgery
The investigator and research team plan to investigate whether patients who receive access to WellPrept website will report greater confidence and understanding of their medical condition, have shorter clinic visit times, and…
- Trial name
- NCT07580391
- Testing
- WellPrept, Standard Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Infections, Urinary Tract, Nephrolithiasis
Preoperative Prophylactic Antibiotic Duration in Moderate to High Risk Ureteroscopy
The goal of this non-inferiority randomized controlled trial: is to test the hypothesis that the that there is no additional benefit from a longer course (7 days) versus a shorter course (2 days) of pre-operative antibiotics in…
- Trial name
- NCT06149455
- Testing
- Duration of antibiotics
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Kidney Stone
The RELIEF™ Ureteral Stent Randomized Controlled Trial
Assessment of the backwards flow of urine from the bladder into the ureter (retrograde urine reflux) after placement of the RELIEF® Ureteral Stent using imaging of the bladder after filling it with contrast and assigning a…
- Trial name
- NCT06720740
- Testing
- RELIEF Ureteral Stent, Standard of Care Ureteral Stent
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Acute Kidney Injury, Renal Calculi
Evaluation of Renal Damage After PCNL and ESWL Using Novel RNA Based Biomarkers
The study evaluate the damage effect of ESWL and PCNL on kidney tissue by measuring non-coding lnc-RNA profile in urine before and after ESWL and PCNL procedures
- Conditions
- Acute Kidney Injury, Renal Calculi, Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy
- Trial name
- NCT05077007
- Testing
- Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Kidney Stones, Kidney Calculi
Endogenous Oxalate Synthesis in Idiopathic Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stone Disease
The goal of this clinical trial study is to test if patients with idiopathic calcium oxalate kidney stones have an increased production of oxalate by the body, which would lead to increased urinary excretion of oxalate.
- Conditions
- Kidney Stones, Kidney Calculi, Urolithiasis, Urolithiasis, Calcium Oxalate
- Trial name
- NCT06989320
- Testing
- Low-oxalate diet and glycolate dosing, Oral glycolate dosing, Oral 13C- ascorbic acid dosing
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Acidosis, Renal Tubular, Nephrolithiasis
Influence of Polymorphisms in the ATP6V1 Gene of the V-ATPase on the Development of Incomplete Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis
Purpose 1. To compare the performance of the two currently employed urinary acidifications tests in stone formers, the furosemide/fludrocortisone and ammonium chloride loading test. 2.
- Conditions
- Acidosis, Renal Tubular, Nephrolithiasis, Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases
- Trial name
- NCT01690039
- Testing
- Furosemide-Fludrocortisone-Test (test for urinary acidification)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Kidney Stones, Urolithiasis
Pilot Study to Evaluate the Contribution of Gene Variants to Idiopathic Urolithiasis
Recent investigations from this group have identified that genetic variants of genes associated with monogenic forms of nephrolithiasis are expressed in idiopathic calcium oxalate kidney stone patients and could influence stone…
- Conditions
- Kidney Stones, Urolithiasis, Calcium Oxalate Urolithiasis
- Trial name
- NCT01127854
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Kidney Stones, Urine Specimen Collection
The Effect of Apple Cider Vinegar Supplementation on 24-hour Urine Chemistry in Adults
This is a single-center prospective cohort study to evaluate the effect of short-term daily apple cider vinegar (ACV) supplementation on urine chemistry.
- Trial name
- NCT07389226
- Testing
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago