The primary goals of this study are to determine the contribution of dietary oxalate absorption, renal oxalate handling, and endogenous oxalate synthesis to urinary oxalate excretion in normal Body Mass Index (BMI) and obese calcium oxalate kidney stone formers.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
22
Participant will consume a controlled low oxalate diet for five days
Subjects will ingest a small amount of carbon-13 oxalate and sucralose, dissolved in water.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States
Urinary Oxalate Excretion
Urinary oxalate excretion from urine samples will be measured as mg/day
Time frame: Baseline through Day 5
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