Kidney Stones Clinical Trials

The purpose of the study is to determine if increased fluid intake will result in decreased risk of stone formation. This study will last 2 years. There are up to 3 study visits. There will be 24-hour urine collections, CT scans, and specimen collection. Risks and benefits will be discussed ...

Prospectively randomized study in patients with renal pelvic stones who are candidate to standard PCNL procedure. One to one, controlled clinical trial. Patients will be randomly allocated into two groups, 20 patients in each group. Group A will be scheduled to receive routine standard PCNL. Group B will be scheduled ...

Summary Purpose and Objective: The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of rapid acquisition of point of care 3D ultrasound in obtaining abdominal and/or pelvic images. The study will use a newly developed acquisition method and post-processing technique to create three dimensional image models of the abdomen ...

Biologic samples will be stored in the biobank from well characterized patients with primary hyperoxaluria, cystinuria, APRT deficiency, and Dent disease, and from their family members, for use in future research. This will help to advance our understanding of disease expression and the factors associated with kidney injury in these ...

This study involves the collection of medical information to create a computer database or registry for patients with PH, Dent disease, cystinuria and APRT deficiency. The information will be entered into the registry by your physician or health care provider. The computer web site for the registry is secure and ...

The primary objective of this study is to establish optimal oral calcium supplementation in Crohn's patients who have had an ileal bowel resection. This population is at high risk for calcium oxalate kidney stones, a direct consequence of extensive gut malabsorption and enteric hyperoxaluria. The benefit of providing oral calcium ...

Before the ECL: Patients will be recruited during the urology consultation prior to the lithotripsy for calculations Kidneys (JJ probe in place or not) using an uninjected abdominal-pelvic or ultrasound scanner Renal coupled to a AUSP (urinary tree without preparation). ECL is an Unbody method that allows the calculation to ...

This study aims at defining the cause of renal stones and the risk pattern for recurrence of renal stones episodes (any kind of stones) in HIV1 patients. Primary Objective : Finding the cause of renal stone in HIV patients defined as stone composition if stone is available or more probable ...

Kidney stones affect up to 10% of the Canadian population and can lead to pain, hospitalization, lost of time at work, and surgery. Approximately 80% of stones consist of calcium and oxalate, of which both components come from diet and normal bodily processes. Individuals who have high levels of oxalate ...

Struvite stones or infection stones are a subset of kidney stones that are related to bacterial infection. They only make up 15% of all kidney stones, but account for a much higher percentage of mortality (up to 67%) compared to other stonesdue to the infectious component. Treatment is to ensure ...