Gut Microbiome and Sex as Risk Factors for Kidney Stones After Bariatric Surgery

Description

This is a single-center study that aims to better understand how diet and sex affect the risk of kidney stones in people who have had gastric bypass surgery. Subjects will be asked to follow a special (clinic-provided) diet for six days and come to a research clinic for 3 study visits.

Conditions

Bariatric Surgery Candidate

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This is a single-center study that aims to better understand how diet and sex affect the risk of kidney stones in people who have had gastric bypass surgery. Subjects will be asked to follow a special (clinic-provided) diet for six days and come to a research clinic for 3 study visits.

Gut Microbiome and Sex as Risk Factors for Kidney Stones After Bariatric Surgery

Gut Microbiome and Sex as Risk Factors for Kidney Stones After Bariatric Surgery

Condition
Bariatric Surgery Candidate
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Chicago

University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Participants without history of stone disease, family history of stone disease
  • * Participants pre-bariatric surgery who are approved and planned for surgery in the Bariatric Surgery Center at University of Chicago Medicine.
  • * Patients with primary renal diseases or renal impairment (eGFR \< 90)
  • * Patients with known bladder voiding problems
  • * Patients with 25-vitamine D deficiency, as defined by level \< 25ng/mL

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 130 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Chicago,

Prochaska Megan, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Chicago

Study Record Dates

2025-02-01