New hope for kidney stone sufferers: Longer-Acting drugs may offer better prevention
NCT ID NCT06111885
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two long-acting drugs, indapamide and chlorthalidone, to the standard short-acting drug hydrochlorothiazide for preventing calcium kidney stones. About 99 adults who have had at least two kidney stones in the past 10 years will participate. The goal is to see if the longer-acting drugs reduce stone-forming substances in urine more effectively.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 99 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: * Written, informed consent. * Age 18 years or older. * Recurrent kidney stone disease (≥2 kidney stone episodes in the last 10 years prior to randomisation). * Past kidney stone containing ≥50 % CaOx, CaP, or a mixture of both. Exclusion criteria: * Patients with secondary causes of recurrent calcium kidney stones including severe eating disorders (anorexia or bulimia), chronic bowel disease, intestinal or bariatric surgery, sarcoidosis, primary hyperparathyroidism, chronic urinary tract infection. * Patients with the following medications: Thiazide or loop diuretics, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (including topiramate), xanthine oxidase inhibitors, alkali, active vitamin D (calcitriol or similar), calcium supplementation, bisphosphonates, denusomab, teriparatide, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers (may affect indapamide metabolism), lithium (To be eligible for study participation, patients taking any of the above listed medications at screening must be willing to discontinue these medications at least 28 days before randomization). * Patients with chronic kidney disease (defined as CKD-EPI eGFR \<30 mL/min). * Patients with glomerulonephritis. * Patients with the following biochemical imbalances: severe hypercalcemia (\>2.8 mmol/L), therapy-resistant hypokalemia or conditions with increased potassium loss, severe hyponatremia (\<130 mmol/L), symptomatic hyperuricemia. * Patients with hepatic encephalopathy or severe liver insufficiency. * Patients with severe cardiac insufficiency. * Patient with a recent cerebrovascular event. * Patients with a solid organ transplant. * Pregnant and lactating women (A urine pregnancy test must be performed for women of child-bearing potential, defined as women who are not surgically sterilized/hysterectomized, and/or who are postmenopausal for less than 12 months). * Previous (within 3 months prior to randomization) or concomitant participation in another interventional clinical trial. * Previous participation in INDAPACHLOR. * Inability to understand and follow the protocol. * Allergy to any one of the study drugs.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Inselspital, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension
RECRUITINGBern, 3010, Switzerland
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