Urinary StoneEarly Phase 1NCT04697706
Effect of a High Citrate Beverage on Urine Chemistry in Urinary Stone Disease
A Early Phase 1 study testing Moonstone and Water in people with Urinary Stone, run by NYU Langone Health at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study will investigate the effect of a patented high citrate beverage on urine chemistry in patients with urinary stone disease (USD). It is a minimal risk study of an over-the-counter beverage called Moonstone, which is commercially available. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Urinary Stone
- What is being tested?
- Moonstone and Water
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 6 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Sep 2020to 14 Dec 2020
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- The study will enroll patients with calcium, cystine and uric acid stone composition. Patients will be at least 18 years of age, with no upper limit of age. Patients will sign an informed consent form (ICF). We will seek participants who have experienced any USD events including renal colic with spontaneous stone passage, emergency room visits, or urological interventions, in the previous 5 years in order to encourage enrollment and adherence to the protocol. We will include all racial and ethnic groups, and both men and women. Besides stone composition, standard demographic data including gender, age, and body mass index will be collected.
- Patients who are taking alkalinizing medications for prevention of USD including KCit, potassium bicarbonate, sodium citrate and sodium bicarbonate will be eligible for participation in the study. The patient's usual dose, however, will be discontinued for the 2 weeks which make up the two study periods. This maneuver will not be an important risk for stones for several reasons: 1) the period off alkali altogether will be one week; 2) the one week of Moonstone will offer a significant amount of alkali, likely as much or more than the patients' usual prescription doses; 3) participants will continue to adhere to fluid intake and dietary prescriptions.
- These data are intended to be included in an RO-1 resubmission due November 5. We will therefore aspire to include 10 patients with calcium stones, 3 patients with cystine stones and 3 patients with uric acid stones.
Who cannot join
- Investigators will exclude patients taking thiazides (indapamide, hydrochlorothiazide, and chlorthalidone). Our reasoning is that most calcium stone patients are not taking thiazides and such patients may be total body potassium-depleted (not necessarily reflected by serum potassium. Potassium depletion reduces citrate excretion (through effects on intracellular pH in the proximal tubule) so that patients taking thiazides could start with lower urine citrate excretion and have less of an increment in the Moonstone periods. The order of the periods might affect the magnitude of urine chemistry changes in those two periods.
- Patients with chronic kidney disease tend to have reduced urinary citrate excretion due to mild metabolic acidosis. We will therefore exclude patients with estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) less than 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 calculated by the CKD-EPI equation. eGFRs will have been measured in the preceding year at a time when urinary tract obstruction due to USD was not present. We will also exclude women who are pregnant or nursing and people with any medical, psychiatric, debilitating disease/disorder, or social condition that in the judgment of the investigator would interfere with or serve as a contraindication to adherence to the study protocol or ability to give informed consent, or affect the overall prognosis of the patient.
- The study will also exclude patients with a previous history of gastrointestinal intolerance, or any other intolerance of alkalinizing preparations. The proportion of USD patients who do not tolerate KCit is not clear. The Cochrane review on this topic states that there are adverse events reported with citrate therapy, but the effect was not statistically significant, in part because of incomplete reporting. Based on our experience, we usually cite this problem to affect about 10% of stone formers, with older people more frequently affected. We therefore do not think this exclusion criterion will have a sizable effect on enrollment.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
This study will investigate the effect of a patented high citrate beverage on urine chemistry in patients with urinary stone disease (USD). It is a minimal risk study of an over-the-counter beverage called Moonstone, which is commercially available. This study is considered preparatory for the RO-1 and is not intended to produce a definitive outcome regarding kidney stones.
- Conditions
- Urinary Stone
- Being tested
- Moonstone, Water
- Medical subject headings
- Urinary Calculi
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
MoonstoneDietary supplement
Participants will take one packet of Moonstone powder reconstituted in 500 ml water, twice a day, to total 1 L per day (66 meq of potential alkali/day) plus ad lib fluids. Moonstone packets will be supplied by Dr. Arnie's, Inc.
Participants will follow their own self-chosen ad lib diets and complete a diet diary (Appendix) for days 6 and 7 in the first study period. On day 7, a 24-hour urine collection will be performed, and a 50-ml aliquot of urine will be sent to Litholink (Chicago, IL) via FedEx for analysis. Participants will then continue to the second study period and will use the diet diary completed in the first study period on days 6 and 7 to reproduce the identical diets for days 6 and 7 of the subsequent collection period.
WaterOther
Participants will take in 1L of tap water per day plus ad lib, self-selected fluids.
Participants will follow their own self-chosen ad lib diets and complete a diet diary (Appendix) for days 6 and 7 in the first study period. On day 7, a 24-hour urine collection will be performed, and a 50-ml aliquot of urine will be sent to Litholink (Chicago, IL) via FedEx for analysis. Participants will then continue to the second study period and will use the diet diary completed in the first study period on days 6 and 7 to reproduce the identical diets for days 6 and 7 of the subsequent collection period.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Study period "Water" | Active comparator | Participants will take in 1L of tap water per day plus ad lib, self-selected fluids. Receives: Other: Water |
| Study period "Moonstone" | Experimental | Participants will take one packet of Moonstone powder reconstituted in 500 ml water, twice a day, to total 1 L per day (66 meq of potential alkali/day) plus ad lib fluids. Moonstone packets will be supplied by Dr. Arnie's, Inc. Receives: Dietary Supplement: Moonstone |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Urine citrate excretion
In calcium stone formers, the effect of Moonstone on urine citrate excretion will be compared to that of water in a non-inferiority analysis.
Measured: 24 hours
24-hour urine volume
The effects of Moonstone on 24-hour urine volume, calcium excretion and SS will be compared.
Measured: 24 hours
24-hour urine pH
The effect of Moonstone on 24-hour urine pH will be compared to that of water in a non-inferiority analysis in both cystine and uric acid stone formers
Measured: 24 hours
Increase in 24-hour urine citrate excretion
A secondary outcome is an increase in 24-hour urine citrate excretion after Moonstone, compared with a period of water, in calcium stone-forming individuals.
Measured: 24 hours
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted6 Jan 2021
- Study start1 Sep 2020
- Primary completion14 Dec 2020
- Study completion14 Dec 2020
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Urinary StoneStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by NYU Langone HealthThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- All participants will undergo the same two study periods. The order of the periods will be randomly assigned to each patient in order to eliminate the possibility of a sequence effect. The study periods can be done in non-consecutive weeks, chosen at the patients' discretion. The periods will each be 1 week in duration.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 6 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- David Goldfarb, MD, Principal investigator, NYU Langone Health
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04697706
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 20-01153
- Status last verified
- Jan 2021
- First submitted
- 4 Jan 2021
- Last updated
- 6 Jan 2021
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: The de-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript will be shared upon reasonable request beginning 9 months and ending 36 months following article publication or as required by a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research provided the investigator who proposes to use the data executes a data use agreement with NYU Langone Health. Requests may be directed to the PI. The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 6 Jan 2021. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effect of a High Citrate Beverage on Urine Chemistry in Urinary Stone Disease
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04697706
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 20-01153
- Conditions
- Urinary Stone
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 6 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- NYU Langone HealthUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Sep 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 14 Dec 2020 (actual)
- Study completion
- 14 Dec 2020 (actual)
- First posted
- 6 Jan 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study will investigate the effect of a patented high citrate beverage on urine chemistry in patients with urinary stone disease (USD). It is a minimal risk study of an over-the-counter beverage called Moonstone, which is commercially available. This study is considered preparatory for the RO-1 and is not intended to produce a definitive outcome regarding kidney stones.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- All participants will undergo the same two study periods. The order of the periods will be randomly assigned to each patient in order to eliminate the possibility of a sequence effect. The study periods can be done in non-consecutive weeks, chosen at the patients' discretion. The periods will each be 1 week in duration.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Study period "Water" | Active comparator | Other: WaterParticipants will take in 1L of tap water per day plus ad lib, self-selected fluids. |
| Study period "Moonstone" | Experimental | Dietary Supplement: MoonstoneParticipants will take one packet of Moonstone powder reconstituted in 500 ml water, twice a day, to total 1 L per day (66 meq of potential alkali/day) plus ad lib fluids. Moonstone packets will be supplied by Dr. Arnie's, Inc. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- The study will enroll patients with calcium, cystine and uric acid stone composition. Patients will be at least 18 years of age, with no upper limit of age. Patients will sign an informed consent form (ICF). We will seek participants who have experienced any USD events including renal colic with spontaneous stone passage, emergency room visits, or urological interventions, in the previous 5 years in order to encourage enrollment and adherence to the protocol. We will include all racial and ethnic groups, and both men and women. Besides stone composition, standard demographic data including gender, age, and body mass index will be collected.
- Patients who are taking alkalinizing medications for prevention of USD including KCit, potassium bicarbonate, sodium citrate and sodium bicarbonate will be eligible for participation in the study. The patient's usual dose, however, will be discontinued for the 2 weeks which make up the two study periods. This maneuver will not be an important risk for stones for several reasons: 1) the period off alkali altogether will be one week; 2) the one week of Moonstone will offer a significant amount of alkali, likely as much or more than the patients' usual prescription doses; 3) participants will continue to adhere to fluid intake and dietary prescriptions.
- These data are intended to be included in an RO-1 resubmission due November 5. We will therefore aspire to include 10 patients with calcium stones, 3 patients with cystine stones and 3 patients with uric acid stones.
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Investigators will exclude patients taking thiazides (indapamide, hydrochlorothiazide, and chlorthalidone). Our reasoning is that most calcium stone patients are not taking thiazides and such patients may be total body potassium-depleted (not necessarily reflected by serum potassium. Potassium depletion reduces citrate excretion (through effects on intracellular pH in the proximal tubule) so that patients taking thiazides could start with lower urine citrate excretion and have less of an increment in the Moonstone periods. The order of the periods might affect the magnitude of urine chemistry changes in those two periods.
- Patients with chronic kidney disease tend to have reduced urinary citrate excretion due to mild metabolic acidosis. We will therefore exclude patients with estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) less than 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 calculated by the CKD-EPI equation. eGFRs will have been measured in the preceding year at a time when urinary tract obstruction due to USD was not present. We will also exclude women who are pregnant or nursing and people with any medical, psychiatric, debilitating disease/disorder, or social condition that in the judgment of the investigator would interfere with or serve as a contraindication to adherence to the study protocol or ability to give informed consent, or affect the overall prognosis of the patient.
- The study will also exclude patients with a previous history of gastrointestinal intolerance, or any other intolerance of alkalinizing preparations. The proportion of USD patients who do not tolerate KCit is not clear. The Cochrane review on this topic states that there are adverse events reported with citrate therapy, but the effect was not statistically significant, in part because of incomplete reporting. Based on our experience, we usually cite this problem to affect about 10% of stone formers, with older people more frequently affected. We therefore do not think this exclusion criterion will have a sizable effect on enrollment.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| MoonstoneParticipants will take one packet of Moonstone powder reconstituted in 500 ml water, twice a day, to total 1 L per day (66 meq of potential alkali/day) plus ad lib fluids. Moonstone packets will be supplied by Dr. Arnie's, Inc. Participants will follow their own self-chosen ad lib diets and complete a diet diary (Appendix) for days 6 and 7 in the first study period. On day 7, a 24-hour urine collection will be performed, and a 50-ml aliquot of urine will be sent to Litholink (Chicago, IL) via FedEx for analysis. Participants will then continue to the second study period and will use the diet diary completed in the first study period on days 6 and 7 to reproduce the identical diets for days 6 and 7 of the subsequent collection period. | Dietary supplement | Study period "Moonstone" |
| WaterParticipants will take in 1L of tap water per day plus ad lib, self-selected fluids. Participants will follow their own self-chosen ad lib diets and complete a diet diary (Appendix) for days 6 and 7 in the first study period. On day 7, a 24-hour urine collection will be performed, and a 50-ml aliquot of urine will be sent to Litholink (Chicago, IL) via FedEx for analysis. Participants will then continue to the second study period and will use the diet diary completed in the first study period on days 6 and 7 to reproduce the identical diets for days 6 and 7 of the subsequent collection period. | Other | Study period "Water" |
Primary outcome
Urine citrate excretion
Time frame: 24 hours
In calcium stone formers, the effect of Moonstone on urine citrate excretion will be compared to that of water in a non-inferiority analysis.
24-hour urine volume
Time frame: 24 hours
The effects of Moonstone on 24-hour urine volume, calcium excretion and SS will be compared.
24-hour urine pH
Time frame: 24 hours
The effect of Moonstone on 24-hour urine pH will be compared to that of water in a non-inferiority analysis in both cystine and uric acid stone formers
Increase in 24-hour urine citrate excretion
Time frame: 24 hours
A secondary outcome is an increase in 24-hour urine citrate excretion after Moonstone, compared with a period of water, in calcium stone-forming individuals.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 6 Jan 2021.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. The de-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript will be shared upon reasonable request beginning 9 months and ending 36 months following article publication or as required by a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research provided the investigator who proposes to use the data executes a data use agreement with NYU Langone Health. Requests may be directed to the PI. The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
David Goldfarb, MD principal investigator
NYU Langone Health
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Early Phase 1 study testing Moonstone and Water in people with Urinary Stone, run by NYU Langone Health at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Jan 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Urine citrate excretion (time frame: 24 hours). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Jan 2021.